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This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of bedside chest radiography for pneumonia and ARDS in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. The findings indicate that while the diagnostic accuracy for ARDS is relatively high at 0.84, the accuracy for pneumonia is low at 0.52, with significant false-negative rates. The authors conclude that chest radiography has limited value for diagnosing pneumonia in these patients due to the obscured radiographic features caused by ARDS.

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Nelly Chinelli

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