PURPOSE Imaging may produce unexpected or incidental findings with consequences for
patients and ordering of future investigations. Chest radiography in patients with acute …

Pneumonia is often diagnosed and treated empirically. We set out to determine the
diagnostic accuracy of clinical judgment based on signs and symptoms to detect …

Chronic cough is common in the community and can cause significant morbidity. It is not
clear how closely treatment guidelines are used in general practice, or how often specialist …

The authors studied 2018 consecutive patients with a cough of less than 1 month's duration,
presenting for medical care with this problem for the first time. Chest films were taken of all of …

Objectives. The authors examine which clinical factors contribute to the clinician suspicion of
pneumonia, as well as the relationship between clinical factors, clinician suspicion of …

Even though the most common reason to order a chest x-ray in the evaluation of an acute-
onset, productive cough is to rule out pneumonia, there is no strong evidence to help a …

Introduction: There are few original studies on the true role of normal chest radiograph
(CXR) in exclusion of pulmonary conditions that may be associated with chronic cough …

Background Little is known about clinical factors associated with undetectable pneumonic
shadows on chest radiographs (CR s) for diagnosing pneumonia in the primary care setting …

Background Chest radiograph (CXR) is a routine imaging test in adults with chronic cough
(CC), while value of thoracic computed tomography (CT) in these patients is still a matter of …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) patients frequently undergo chest
x-ray (CXR) to evaluate for pneumonia. The rate of false-negative CXR in patients with …