Performing follow up chest x-rays for patients with a recent pneumonia leads to a significant number of other malignant and non-malignant pathologies being diagnosed.

P. Dobson (London, United Kingdom), D. Marshall (London, United Kingdom), A. Dewar (London, United Kingdom), A. West (London, United Kingdom), A. Collett (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Lower respiratory tract infections in clinical practice
Session: Lower respiratory tract infections in clinical practice
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3089
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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