... examination and one child converted from negative IGRA in the first examination to a positive IGRA in the second examination. Of the 108 children aged 5–11 years, 63 (64%) were screened for TB with an immunodiagnostic test in the first examination after contact (16 [16%] by TST, 10 [10%] by TST...

... of computed tomography of the chest in the diagnostic work-up of suspected chest malignancy does not allow reliable detection of PE, it may be feasible to screen for present PE during endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) examination. Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish if screening during EBUS...

... fields discussed technical innovations in pneumology, which can be seen in many different areas of the field, including e-health, screening, diagnostics, and therapy. They contribute to substantial advancements ranging from the innovative use of diagnostic tools to novel treatments for chronic lung...

...% concordance between testing modalities. Conclusions: These results are promising and suggest that preoperative nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 testing provides adequate screening to rule out active COVID-19 infection prior to OR cases in a population characterized as low risk by negative symptom screening...

... as clear evidence for the effectiveness of CT screening was provided by the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Yet, the results were tempered by the high false-positive rate and the requirement of performing further diagnostic procedures. The management of those detected solitary pulmonary nodules...

... in the prevention of lung cancer secondary. In fact, it is possible today to perform a spiral CT of the chest without intravenous contrast in less than 15 s, with a limited radiation dose and costs that are similar to those of screening mammography. It could be argued that such a loss of sensitivity may...

... apnoea syndrome Screening Diagnosis Portable recording device Validation study Polysomnography Both the PSG recordings and the SC data were rendered anonymous by the use of numerical codes, so that for each evaluation, the investigator was blinded to the results of the prior analyses...