Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia even when chest radiograph results are negative.

A chest X-ray does not directly show pulmonary embolism. However, it may help a doctor rule out health problems that cause similar symptoms, such as pneumonia and some heart conditions.

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.

Every year, approximately 2 billion chest X-rays are performed around the world. They are affordable, quick, and often used in frontline healthcare to efficiently survey for abnormalities such as ...

Pneumonia may inflame the air sacs in one or both of your lungs, notes the Mayo Clinic. The sacs can fill with pus or fluid, ...

A chest X-ray has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis' condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia.

As cold and flu season ramps up, cases of pneumonia are up too. Here are the different types of pneumonia to look out for as the winter months settle in. This chest x-ray shows more opacity next ...

Pope Francis' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday, with a chest X-ray confirming improvement, just two days after doctors ruled out any imminent threat to his life.

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 ...

A chest X-ray has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis' condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia.