Thoracic Imaging at Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are currently diagnosed based on changes in respiratory symptoms. Characterizing the imaging manifestation of exacerbations could be useful for objective diagnosis of exacerbations in the clinic and clinical trials, as well as provide a mechanism for monitoring exacerbation treatment and recovery. In this systematic review, we employed a comprehensive search across three databases (Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science) to identify studies that performed imaging of the thorax at COPD exacerbation. We included 51 from a total of 5,047 articles which met all our inclusion criteria. We used an adapted version of the Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale for cohort studies to assess the quality of the included studies. Conclu

SUBMITTER: Rangelov BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385406 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature