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Should a lateral chest radiograph be routine in suspected pneumonia?
Author(s) -
KENNEDY J.,
DAWSON K. P.,
ABBOTT G. D.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1986.tb02152.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , pneumonia , radiography , radiology
A study was undertaken on the chest X‐rays of 414 children suspected clinically of having pneumonia, to ascertain whether the lateral film provided additional diagnostic information. In only nine cases the lateral film confirmed the diagnostic value of the frontal film and it is suggested that a routine lateral chest film should not be taken for children suspected of having pneumonia.