[Combined mass X-ray examinations of the respiratory tract (author's transl)].
2908 persons were investigated by mass chest x-ray combined with mass x-ray of the paranasal sinuses to find respiratory tract diseases. In 412 persons a sinusitis was diagnosed. 212 persons had a positive history, that is headache, cough and/or bronchial secretions, the other 200 persons had a negative history. 91 persons with a negative history and 21 persons with apositive history showed spontaneous remissions. The results of the bacteriological tests and antibiogramms corresponded with the preceding reports. In the investigated population groups a high percentage of new undetected cases of sinusitis was found one year after their previous treatment needing a new treatment. The frequency of undetected sinusitis in adults is often underestimated. Mass chest x-ray examinations should be combined with x-ray examinations of the paranasal sinuses.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
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