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Table 2 Case vignettes

From: Correction to: Does this lung nodule need urgent review? A discrete choice experiment of Australian general practitioners

Lung nodule case vignette

ā€ƒYour patient is a 50ā€‰year old man. He is a current, lifelong smoker.

ā€ƒHe has a cough and worsening breathlessness.

ā€ƒA CT of his chest shows a 4ā€‰mm left upper lobe nodule with spiculation.

ā€ƒThere is no recommendation provided by the reporting radiologist.

ā€ƒDoes he need to be seen by a respiratory physician urgently (<ā€‰2ā€‰weeks) for suspected lung cancer?

Haemoptysis case vignette

ā€ƒYour patient is a 60ā€‰year old man. He has never smoked.

ā€ƒHe has a small amount of haemoptysis.

ā€ƒA CT of his chest is normal.

ā€ƒThere is no recommendation provided by the reporting radiologist.

ā€ƒDoes he need to be seen by a respiratory physician urgently (<ā€‰2ā€‰weeks) for suspected lung cancer?

Lymphadenopathy case vignette

ā€ƒYour patient is a 70ā€‰year old woman. She quit smoking 5ā€‰years ago.

ā€ƒShe has a cough and worsening breathlessness.

ā€ƒA CT of her chest shows enlarged subcarinal and hilar lymph nodes without a lung lesion.

ā€ƒThere is no recommendation provided by the reporting radiologist.

ā€ƒDoes she need to be seen by a respiratory physician urgently (<ā€‰2ā€‰weeks) for suspected lung cancer?