Acute chest syndrome is diagnosed through the use of a chest x-ray in patients with sickle cell anemia. Shortness of breath (dyspnea) is described as the sensation of tightness in the chest ...

The diagnostic evaluation yielded no evidence of an acute illness, but a chest x-ray revealed a surprising finding: many small, round, radio-opaque structures with a density typical of calcificati ...

Patients: Five hundred twenty-eight adults admitted with acute respiratory illness were enrolled. Measurements: Serum ProCT, admission diagnoses, and chest radiographic findings were used to ...

Chest X-rays help in diagnosing several diseases ... interstitial lung disease (ILD), COPD, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE), lung ...

All official admission chest radiographic reports were reviewed by one of the investigators. Radiographic descriptions were noted with attention to the following comments: clear or no acute change ...