Recent Trends in the Identification of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules

Pulmonary nodules are common incidental findings, but information about their incidence in the era of computed tomography (CT) is lacking. To examine recent trends in pulmonary nodule identification. We used electronic health records and natural language processing to identify members of an integrat...

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Published in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 192; no. 10; pp. 1208 - 1214
Main Authors:	Gould, Michael K., Tang, Tania, Liu, In-Lu Amy, Lee, Janet, Zheng, Chengyi, Danforth, Kim N., Kosco, Anne E., Di Fiore, Jamie L., Suh, David E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Thoracic Society 15.11.2015
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over California - epidemiology Disease Progression Electronic Health Records Female Humans Incidence Incidental Findings Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology Male Managed Care Programs - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Multiple Pulmonary Nodules - diagnostic imaging Multiple Pulmonary Nodules - epidemiology Radiography, Thoracic Retrospective Studies Sex Distribution Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnostic imaging Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - epidemiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult computed tomography lung cancer coin lesion
ISSN:	1073-449X, 1535-4970
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