"Why take a chest X-ray when you have shortness of breath?" | About pneumonia, heart failure, and pneumothorax

Hello. This is Ogai Internal Medicine Clinic."I've been feeling short of breath lately...""Why do I need a chest X-ray when I ...
Reuters

Can pneumonia be reliably diagnosed without x-rays?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors may miss some cases of pneumonia if they rely solely on their patient's medical history and symptoms without the help of x-rays, according to a new study from ...

"What can a chest X-ray tell you when you have chest pain?" | About pneumonia, pneumothorax, and pleural diseases

Hello. This is Ogai Internal Medicine Clinic."I have chest pain, but could it be a lung disease?""Can a chest X-ray tell me ...
Medscape

Chest X-Ray First Cuts Antibiotic Overuse in Pneumonia

Performing chest x-ray as a first‑line test for clinically suspected community‑acquired pneumonia, independently of its result, reduced antibiotic initiation compared with no imaging, whereas ...
Medical Xpress

Study finds antibiotics given for suspected pneumonia even when chest radiography results are negative

A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia. The paper ...