[Use and evaluation of radiophotography in the ambulatory care of lung diseases].
In the methodological cabinet for pneumology of the Institute of Phtysiology, radiophotography was employed in the following fields: a) screening of acute and chronic pneumopathies as appears from : the increase in the number of cases of non-specific pneumopathies as compared with cases of tuberculosis and the quantitative contribution of the method reflected in the fact that over 80% of the cases with non-specific pneumopathies were detected by radiophotography; b) diagnosis -- by comparing with the data recorded in the files, multiple incidences (front, posterior lordosis, profile); locally pointed (targeted) photographs, rf quantified functional tests in cases suspected of C.O.B.P.: c) follow-up of the evolution of dispensary cases and of the therapeutical effect; d) scientific research and teaching activities through epidemiological and pathogenesis studies, thus allowing for a valorification of the files over a 16 years period. The use of the radiophotographic method in the activity of a cabinet of pneumology is necessary especially because it allows for an early detection, a superior morphological diagnosis, as compared with radioscopy (fluoroscopy), for an objective and economical follow-up of the cases, providing at the same time material for scientific research and teaching demonstrations.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D011379:Prognosis
Utilizarea şi valorificarea radiofotografiei în asistenţa ambulatorie de pneumologie