(HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) even when chest radiograph (CR) results are negative, according to a study ...

Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma ...

The datasets comprised three categories of chest X-ray images: normal, coronavirus-positive, and viral pneumonia. To train the Custom-CNN model, 80% of the total images were used, while 20% were ...

All total, the research team noted a 38.8 percent reduction in chest X-rays in the investigational arm compared to no reduction in the control arm, with no missed pneumonia cases and no increase ...

A chest X-ray can usually detect active tuberculosis (TB) but not latent TB. In either case, you’ll need a sputum test to confirm a diagnosis. Doctors often use chest X-rays to help diagnose ...

More than two-thirds of patients with negative chest X-ray results prescribed antibiotics. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired ...

Doctors may find it challenging to differentiate TB from pneumonia on a chest X-ray. Both conditions can present similar features, such as lung infiltrates and effusions.

All of the patients were then given a chest x-ray to see how accurate the doctors' diagnoses were. Of those 72 initial diagnoses, the x-rays showed 31 did not have pneumonia.

Pneumonia, however, may show a substance in the lungs known as an infiltrate on an X-ray. This may be blood, protein, or pus that suggests lung rather than airway infection. Learn about bronchitis.

Pope Francis has "bilateral pneumonia" and continues to receive medical care at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. "Laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father's clinical ...