Chest Radiography Should Be Requested Only on Admission Based on Clinical Grounds.

CONCLUSIONS: Admission CXRs in patients without respiratory tract symptoms or findings are unwarranted except perhaps in older adult patients with comorbidities and an unclear admitting diagnosis.
PMID: 31897494 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Southern Medical Journal - January 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: South Med J Source Type: research