Clinical utility of surveillance computed tomography scans in infants with cystic fibrosis.
Katy NewbeginKatie PilkingtonShivanthan ShanthikumarSarath RanganathanPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)
To the authors knowledge, this is the first study to highlight that early life surveillance CT frequently results in changes in clinical management, and hence may have a role beyond research and in routine care. If this can be shown to contribute to improved outcomes (such as reduced rates of bronchiectasis), then, as radiation doses diminish, chest CT could have an important clinical role.