July 10, 2009 — Because radiographic pneumonia in children with wheezing but without fever is uncommon, the routine use of chest radiography in these children should be discouraged, according to the ...

The researchers found that 72.8% of children had negative CXRs, with 8.9% of these children clinically diagnosed with pneumonia and 9.3% given antibiotics for other bacterial syndromes. HealthDay News ...

Background The inclusion of clinical information may have unrecognized influence in the interpretation of diagnostic testing. Objective The objective of the study was to determine the impact of ...

A good clinical history may help decipher those children who are at risk for radiographic pneumonia, according to data published online this week. Mark I. Neuman, MD, MPH, and colleagues from the ...

Aspiration pneumonia is best considered not as a distinct entity but as part of a continuum that also includes community- and hospital-acquired pneumonias. It is estimated that aspiration pneumonia ...

Leesburg, VA, June 30, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), a deep learning-based model using initial chest radiographs predicted 30 ...

Background. Chest radiographs (CXRs) are frequently used to assess pneumonia cases. Variations in CXR appearances between epidemiological settings and their correlation with clinical signs are not ...

A very large number of microorganisms can cause childhood pneumonia (Table 1 and Table 2), and determining the cause of an individual case may be difficult. The lung itself is rarely sampled directly, ...

Pneumonia that fails to respond to treatment is a common problem. Although quantification of the frequency of this problem is difficult, approximately 15% of pulmonary consultations and 8% of ...

Public Health Reports (1974-) Vol. 131, No. 3, MAY/JUNE 2016 Utility of Keywords from Chest Radiograph Reports for Pneumonia Surveillance Among Hospitalized Patients with Influenza: The CDC Influenza ...

doctor checking young child’s cough CXR had negative predictive value of 98.8% in children evaluated for suspected pneumonia. HealthDay News — A negative chest radiograph (CXR) accurately excludes ...