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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
- Kaiser Permanente, Norther California, pre-op guidelines
- 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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