Provided the Gurkha is physically fit and fulfills the required standards. and that always includes a normal chest radiograph, he is accepted for service. The Heaf test is carried out in every case. All negative reactors have B.C.G. vaccination. Careful documentation is carried out in all cases. After the Heaf test becomes positive all such cases have an annual Heaf test and radiograph of the c...

We are reporting a case of missed blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI). A 28 year male presented with chest pain following a motor vehicle accident. He was discharged following normal clinical signs and chest radiograph. The following day he complained of lower limb weakness. Traumatic aortic dissection was revealed via computer tomography (CT) of the thorax. BTAI cannot be ruled out with norma...

BACKGROUND Early identification of infants at higher risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) may enable a targeted approach to reduce BPD. We aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that the interstitial pneumonia pattern on the day 7 chest radiograph predicts BPD or death before 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed on 336 preterm infants (...

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STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of chest radiograph (CXR) immediately after routine thoracentesis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Multispecialty clinic/teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS All outpatients and inpatients undergoing thoracentesis in the procedure area from October 1995 to January 1998. MEASUREMENTS Immediately after thoracentesis, the physician completed a ques...

IMAGING FOR BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA The chest radiograph remains the initial study for assessing patients sustaining blunt trauma to the chest, and many common injuries can be identified by the chest radiograph alone. However, in severely injured patients, the ideal upright, full inspiratory PA chest radiograph cannot be obtained. Portable supine radiographs, often suffering from poor positioning, p...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of a chest radiograph in the performance of diagnostic cardiac catheterisation in adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS 340 consecutive diagnostic cardiac catheter procedures in adults at one institution. It is normal practice for primary operators to report the results of catheterisation using a graphical user interface database system. Data entry screens were modified t...

The plain chest radiograph remains the initial and most important investigation in respiratory disease but other radiological imaging techniques are able to provide considerable additional diagnostic information in difficult cases. We present a case in which computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound proved of considerable diagnostic value in explaining an unusual appearance on the chest radiograp...