INTRODUCTION Computed tomography (CT) scans are often used in the evaluation of patients with blunt trauma. This study identifies the clinical features associated with further diagnostic information obtained on a CT chest scan compared with a standard chest X-ray in patients sustaining blunt trauma to the chest. METHODS A 2-year retrospective survey of 141 patients who attended a Level 1 trau...

Objective. It is difficult to acquire a chest X-ray of a crying infant at maximum inspiration. A computer program was developed for technician training. Method. Video clips of 3 babies were used and the moment of deepest inspiration was determined in the single-frame view. 12 technicians simulated chest radiographs at normal video speed by pushing a button. The computer program stopped the vide...

Background  It is remain a main concern that pediatric chest radiographies contribute to the significant radiation exposure to the thyroid gland as a more susceptible organ to radiation induced cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the entrance surface dose (ESD) of pediatric chest radiography compared to the diagnostic reference levels (DRL) and evaluation the efficacy of the lead (Pb)...

solitary fibrous tumors (sfts) are rare primary pleural neoplasms which have recently been reported in extra-thoracic sites. in this report, solitary fibrous tumor arising in an intra-thoracic goiter with no evidence of cervical mass in a 74-year-old obese man who was found to have a large superior mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation on chest x-ray is presented.

BACKGROUND Chest-x-ray is routinely used in the diagnosis of smear negative tuberculosis (TB). This study assesses the incremental cost per true positive test of a point-of-care digital chest-x-ray, in the diagnosis of pulmonary mycobacterial infections among HIV patients with presumed tuberculosis undetected by smear microscopy. METHODS Consecutive patients with clinical suspicion of pulmona...

CHEST, 68: 3, SEPTEMBER, 1975 SUPPLEMENT ing this infection and to seek medical care whenever he has a cough that hangs on more than two to three weeks after a cold, fatigue, loss of weight, or fever of unknown origin. At the urging of the Public Health Service three years ago, a program was undertaken in a rural Arkansas county to identify all persons at risk of developing tuberculosis by inst...

Ra-id Abdulla (ed.), Heart Diseases in Children: A Pediatrician’s Guide, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7994-0_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Ra-id Abdulla (*) Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Room 763 Jones, Chicago, IL 60612, USA e-mail: [email protected] Chapter 2 Cardiac Interpretation of Pediatric Chest...