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Uptodate Reference Title
Follow-up imaging for immunocompetent adults who have recovered from community-acquired pneumonia
Follow-up imaging for immunocompetent adults who have recovered from community-acquired pneumonia
Follow-up imaging is not needed for most patients who have promptly recovered from CAP (eg, within 5 to 7 days for an otherwise healthy person). However, follow-up clinic visits are good opportunities to review the patient's risk for lung cancer based on age, smoking history, and recent imaging findings.
CT: computed tomography; CAP: community-acquired pneumonia.
* Criteria for lung cancer screening vary among clinical practice guidelines (eg, thresholds for age and duration of smoking therapy). Refer to UpToDate text for detail.
ΒΆ Exceptions include patients who are followed radiographically for other reasons (eg, selected patients with advanced structural lung disease). Whether patients with small pleural effusions require follow-up is an open question. We generally do not obtain follow-up imagining unless the patient is slow to recover or develops new system or respiratory symptoms.
