Radiological detection rate and clinical impact of thoracoabdominal computed tomography in suspected infection in the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study
Abdullah Enes Ataş, Mustafa Emir, Fatih Cemal Tekin, Abdurrahman Koç · 2026
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Abdullah Enes Ataş and co-authors published this emergency study in 2026. When a patient may have sepsis, finding the infection's source fast can save a life. The team looked back at 267 adults in an emergency ward who got a chest-and-belly CT scan for feared hard infection. They asked how often the scan found a true source, and what followed from the find.
The scan nailed a clear source in about forty-one percent of cases, and in eighteen percent it found a non-infection ill that mimicked sepsis. Chest infections led the finds. A quick organ-failure score of two or more, and high marks of a swelling marker, foretold a fruitful scan. Patients with a found source far more often got a fix aimed at it, such as a drain, and were more often admitted. The authors call the scan a strong tool when scores run high.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Abdullah Enes Ataş, Mustafa Emir, Fatih Cemal Tekin, Abdurrahman Koç |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |