Fig. 1: Synopsis of case vignettes and survey results.
From: Clinical decision-making on spinal cord injury-associated pneumonia: a nationwide survey in Germany
Each of the eight cases presents a pattern of clinical symptoms, laboratory values, radiological findings, and SCI characteristics (Blocks A–D). The cases were designed to either diagnose or exclude pneumonia (Block ‘Pneumonia', orange). According to CDC-criteria, at least one positive finding in Block A and with at least two positive findings in Block B in combination with one positive finding in Block C (exception: pre-existing pulmonary disease is requiring at least two repeated positive chest X-ray findings) allow for diagnosis of pneumonia. Overview of participants’ answers (relative frequencies in percent) to each of the three questions per case (Block ‘Survey Results in %’, purple).
