Chest X-ray investigation in newly discovered asthma.
Chest X-ray in 60 children (0-6 yr old) with newly diagnosed asthma at the primary care level showed normal findings in 85% at paediatric follow-up. The pathological findings were transient. The only X-ray tht led to change in treatment was performed on clinical grounds due to concurrent disease. In conclusion, routine X-ray need not be part of the initial routine work up of asthma in preschool children.
Hederos
Carl-Axel
CA
Primary Care Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. carl-axel.hederos@liv.se
Janson
Staffan
S
Andersson
Henry
H
Hedlin
Gunilla
G
D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography