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Pertinence of Children’s Chest X Ray Request Form and Practice at the Regional Hospital of Ngaoundere Cameroon
... The chest x ray technique in children differs from one patient to another ac- cording to their age and cooperation. In young children, the patient lies on the table and the hands are held above the ...
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Impact of Standardized Scheme on the Detection of Chest X Ray Abnormalities and Radiographic Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adult
... CXR were selected from the department of pulmonology of the Yaounde Jamot Hospital (YJH), which is the largest referral and treatment center for chest diseases in Yaounde and its neighborhoods [16]. Selected CXR ...
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Diagnostic Reference Level in Frontal Chest X Ray in Western Côte d’Ivoire
... DOI: 10.4236/wjnst.2019.94011 148 World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology during the same examination for the same medical purpose led the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) to make ...
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Show, Describe and Conclude: On Exploiting the Structure Information of Chest X ray Reports
... Chest X-Ray (CXR) images are commonly used for clinical screening and diagnosis. Au- tomatically writing reports for these images can considerably lighten the workload of ra- diologists for ...
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Inter rater agreement in the assessment of abnormal chest X ray findings for tuberculosis between two Asian countries
... Two coding systems were used to classify the CXR find- ings. The chest radiograph reading and recording system (CRRS) was developed in 2005 to detect TB and other forms of lung disease [5]. Profusion score and ...
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A feasibility study examining the effect on lung cancer diagnosis of offering a chest X ray to higher risk patients with chest symptoms: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... for chest X-ray, which recommend urgent imaging or referral for patients who have one of a number of chest symptoms for more than 3 ...of chest symptoms of any duration in higher-risk ...
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The role and performance of chest X ray for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: A cost effectiveness analysis in Nairobi, Kenya
... on X-ray classification in which 1,100 films were read by 90 experienced physi- cians and radiologists from 9 countries, found up to 34% disagreement on the question: "is the film normal?" and a 28% ...
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Comparative study of Chest X-Ray features in Pulmonary Tuberculosis With and Without HIV Co-Infection
... CHEST X RAY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS A normal chest film almost, although not completely, excludes pulmonary tuberculosis. There are two provisos. First, it has been shown in a number of ...
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Identification of Patients with Acute Lung Injury from Free Text Chest X Ray Reports
... main, chest x-ray reports have been widely stud- ied to extract different types of pneumonia (Tep- per et ...2000). Chest x-ray reports have also been studied for ALI ...
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Modelling the impact of chest X ray and alternative triage approaches prior to seeking a tuberculosis diagnosis
... adding X-ray as a triage tool for HIV-negative cases (and unknown status) alongside appropriate triage approaches could substantially save costs over Xpert without triage, whilst identifying almost as many ...
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Pulmonary In Situ Adenocarcinoma with Mosaic Paving Pattern
... A chest X-ray was performed (Figure 1), which showed a diffuse interstitial infiltrate of reticular appearance, with thickening of the right oblique ...
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Interest of Systematic Chest Radiography during Periodic Medical Visits in Workers
... [5]. X-rays of the chest are probably the screening test whose prescription has decreased the most in France helped by the abandon- ment of its systematic prescription in occupational medicine, obstetrics ...
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A feasibility study examining the effect on lung cancer diagnosis of offering a chest X-ray to higher-risk patients with chest symptoms: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... an X-ray, may delay the diagnosis ...a chest X-ray including: symptom expe- rience, lack of knowledge, fear, cultural factors, non- standard patterns of healthcare utilization, ...
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Pulmonary strongyloidiasis: assessment between manifestation and radiological findings in 16 severe strongyloidiasis cases
... using chest X-ray [17, 25], no published data exists to our knowledge comparing pulmonary mani- festations with the radiological findings of chest CT in severe strongyloidiasis ...
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... tuberculosis, chest X-ray and clinical examination positive, first patient should be treated with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy before starting anti-TNF therapy; if anti-TNF therapy has to be ...
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Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis
... No study is completely diagnosis to UDP, so that a high degree of suspicion is always necessary. The need for more tests varies according to the clinical situation. Most of the time, the discovery is at random, from a ...
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Pneumomediastinum following a prolonged second stage of labor – an emphasis on early diagnosis and conservative management: a case report
... Spontaneous esophageal ruptures are rare, especially in young pregnant women and are usually associated with a history of hyperemesis gravidarum. The diagnosis is suggested by the classic Mackler’s triad: vomiting, ...
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The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of computed tomography screening for lung cancer : systematic reviews
... using chest X-ray to screen for lung cancer, have completed health- related quality of life questionnaires [Short term 12 (SF-12) plus cancer-specific distress questions] at baseline and during the ...
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Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax with Recurrent Pneumothorax: A Case Report
... traumatic chest injury or during some medical procedures as bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy or thoracocentesis where air escapes into the pleur- al ...requiring chest intubation or resuscitation as trauma, ...
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Chest Abnormality Detection from X Ray using Deep Learning
... classify chest x-ray images as either frontal or lateral with 100% accuracy ...in chest x- rays and diseases were labeled then they RNN to describe the content of annotated disease ...
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