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The objective of the study was to assess the clinical benefit of an additional chest computed tomography (CT) scan over plain chest X-ray alone in the management of patients with pleural effusion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_pp-2017-0019_s_007_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d19953255e365_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b2aAa\">Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective analysis in 94 consecutive patients with pleural effusion who underwent chest X-ray and CT scan over an 18-month period in a single institution. All chest X-ray and CT scan reports were compared and correlated with clinical parameters in order to assess their utility in the clinical management. No blinding was applied.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_pp-2017-0019_s_008_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d19953255e374_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b3aAa\">Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In 75 chest CT scan reports (80\u2006%), information provided by the radiologist did not change clinical management when compared to plain chest X-ray alone and did not provide any additional information over chest X-ray. Only 2\/49 (4\u2006%) of the native chest CT scan reports provided clinically relevant information as compared to 17\/45 (38\u2006%) contrast-enhanced chest CT scan reports (p&lt;0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_pp-2017-0019_s_009_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d19953255e383_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b4aAa\">Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this retrospective cohort of patients with pleural effusion, an additional chest CT scan was not useful in the majority of patients. However, if a chest CT scan is required, then a contrast-enhanced study after pleural aspiration should be performed. 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