title: Value of routine chest radiography in the medical screening of internationally adopted children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the value of the routine chest radiography as part of the medical evaluation of newly arrived, internationally adopted children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the use of routine chest radiography (CXR) in the medical screening of 1598 internationally adopted children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CXR showed abnormalities in 128 cases: 38 of these findings were already known and/or consistent with obvious clinical signs or symptoms, and 54 had no clinical relevance. In two patients, CXR raised the suspicion of tuberculosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The routine use of CXR in the screening of internationally adopted children rarely yields new, clinically relevant, information and should be performed on indication only.
authors: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. janet.bakker@freeler.nl
authors: Jeannette
authors: J
authors: Bakker
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Horsthuis
authors: Frederik G J
authors: FG
authors: Cobelens
authors: Frank J A
authors: FJ
authors: Beek
authors: Tom W J
authors: TW
authors: Schulpen
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology