… chest X-rays. The purpose of this review was 1) to determine how often the chest radiograph
revealed pneumonia in children … ) to determine how those children who did not have chest X-…

… to symptomatic children and avoided in 64% of the 157 studied episodes. Chest radiograph
rarely added useful information to the initial evaluation of a febrile neutropenic child without …

… In conclusion, routine chest radiography is unnecessary in the diagnostic evaluation of
ambulatory asymptomatic pediatric patients with cancer who have fever in the presence of …

… Despite recent studies failing to demonstrate the value of routine chest radiography (CXR)
in the initial evaluation of the febrile neutropenic patient with cancer, this screening test is …

… viral upper respiratory infections that occur in children which stimulate cough without causing
focal … By restricting radiographs to only those children who were symptomatic with their FN …

… Chest radiography (CXR) is the test of choice for diagnosing pneumonia. Lung … , 4, 5 Chest
radiography (CXR) is considered the test of choice for diagnosing pneumonia in children. The …

… a diagnostic chest radiograph in febrile neutropenic children is … a chest radiograph at
admission only in adult cancer patients … Our study demonstrated that chest radiography provides …

PURPOSE: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography and computed
tomography (CT) in patients with complications during treatment for hematologic malignancies. …

… pneumonia in children [5, 6]. In this paper, we discuss current perspectives on paediatric
chest radiograph referral practice and radiographic findings in children with suspected …

… For the control group we selected all chest radiographs made in children (age 0 – 18 years)
at our hospital between January 1, 1992 and September 31, 2002 (flow-chart: Fig. 1). In …