[20 years of experience in the use of radiophotography in the prevention of tuberculosis].
Based on a 20 years experience in the application of the pulmonary radiological control relying on radiophotography, the authors reached the following conclusions: -- 40% of subjects considered as suspect following radiophotography were confirmed to have pathological thoracic changes of which 8.5% with acitve pulmonary tuberculosis; in 1954 60% new cases were detected with 73% early forms of the disease and in 1973, 85% of new cases with 90% early forms of the disease; the effects of annual integral radiophotographic defection, correlated with other forms of anti-tuberculous fight, can be expressed in the following morbidity data : in 1954 -- 1.400.000 ; in 1956 -- 870.000 ; in 1957 -- 300.000 ; in 1962 -- 170.000 ; in 1963 -- 80.000 ; in 1966 -- 50.000. This last figure was maintained until 1969, two small increases being noted in the following two years (1970 and 1971). In the last year (1973) the figure was 40.000.
D006801:Humans; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control*
Experienţa de 20 de ani privind utilizarea radiofotografiei medicale în lupta antituberculoasă