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chest X-ray

Indications: - pulmonary disease - pneumonia - lung cancer - pneumothorax - pleural effusion - interstitial lung disease - granulomatous disease - pulmonary fibrosis - heart failure - preoperative evaluation (see preoperative chest X-ray) - tracheal procedure - prediction of 10-year major adverse cardiac events* - many others * though artificial intelligence presumably learning to recognize coronary artery calcium [2] Procedure: - examine airway, bones, cardiac silhouette, effusions, lung fields, gastric bubble, hilum

Specific

preoperative chest X-ray radiography of chest & abdomen radiography of lung

General

radiography (roentgenography)

References

  1. Kaiser Permanente, Norther California, pre-op guidelines
  2. Weiss J, et al. Deep learning to estimate cardiovascular risk from chest radiographs: A risk prediction study. Ann Intern Med 2024 Mar 26; [e-pub] PMID: 38527287 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-1898

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