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==Chest X-ray=== | ==Chest X-ray=== | ||
*A chest x-ray may be useful in certain patients to exclude complications or superimposed infections, such as pneumonia. | |||
*Chest x-ray findings will be normal among most of patients, so there is no need to perform this image study in all patients. | |||
*Findings in patients that require a chest X-ray include:<ref name="GaoLu2013">{{cite journal|last1=Gao|first1=Hai-Nv|last2=Lu|first2=Hong-Zhou|last3=Cao|first3=Bin|last4=Du|first4=Bin|last5=Shang|first5=Hong|last6=Gan|first6=Jian-He|last7=Lu|first7=Shui-Hua|last8=Yang|first8=Yi-Da|last9=Fang|first9=Qiang|last10=Shen|first10=Yin-Zhong|last11=Xi|first11=Xiu-Ming|last12=Gu|first12=Qin|last13=Zhou|first13=Xian-Mei|last14=Qu|first14=Hong-Ping|last15=Yan|first15=Zheng|last16=Li|first16=Fang-Ming|last17=Zhao|first17=Wei|last18=Gao|first18=Zhan-Cheng|last19=Wang|first19=Guang-Fa|last20=Ruan|first20=Ling-Xiang|last21=Wang|first21=Wei-Hong|last22=Ye|first22=Jun|last23=Cao|first23=Hui-Fang|last24=Li|first24=Xing-Wang|last25=Zhang|first25=Wen-Hong|last26=Fang|first26=Xu-Chen|last27=He|first27=Jian|last28=Liang|first28=Wei-Feng|last29=Xie|first29=Juan|last30=Zeng|first30=Mei|last31=Wu|first31=Xian-Zheng|last32=Li|first32=Jun|last33=Xia|first33=Qi|last34=Jin|first34=Zhao-Chen|last35=Chen|first35=Qi|last36=Tang|first36=Chao|last37=Zhang|first37=Zhi-Yong|last38=Hou|first38=Bao-Min|last39=Feng|first39=Zhi-Xian|last40=Sheng|first40=Ji-Fang|last41=Zhong|first41=Nan-Shan|last42=Li|first42=Lan-Juan|title=Clinical Findings in 111 Cases of Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Infection|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=368|issue=24|year=2013|pages=2277–2285|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1305584}}</ref> | |||
:* Ground-glass opacity | |||
:* Consolidation (may suggest a superimposed bacterial infection) | |||
:* Bilateral diffuse infiltrates | |||
:* Pleural effusion | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Overview
Chest X-ray=
- A chest x-ray may be useful in certain patients to exclude complications or superimposed infections, such as pneumonia.
- Chest x-ray findings will be normal among most of patients, so there is no need to perform this image study in all patients.
- Findings in patients that require a chest X-ray include:[1]
- Ground-glass opacity
- Consolidation (may suggest a superimposed bacterial infection)
- Bilateral diffuse infiltrates
- Pleural effusion
References
- ↑ Gao, Hai-Nv; Lu, Hong-Zhou; Cao, Bin; Du, Bin; Shang, Hong; Gan, Jian-He; Lu, Shui-Hua; Yang, Yi-Da; Fang, Qiang; Shen, Yin-Zhong; Xi, Xiu-Ming; Gu, Qin; Zhou, Xian-Mei; Qu, Hong-Ping; Yan, Zheng; Li, Fang-Ming; Zhao, Wei; Gao, Zhan-Cheng; Wang, Guang-Fa; Ruan, Ling-Xiang; Wang, Wei-Hong; Ye, Jun; Cao, Hui-Fang; Li, Xing-Wang; Zhang, Wen-Hong; Fang, Xu-Chen; He, Jian; Liang, Wei-Feng; Xie, Juan; Zeng, Mei; Wu, Xian-Zheng; Li, Jun; Xia, Qi; Jin, Zhao-Chen; Chen, Qi; Tang, Chao; Zhang, Zhi-Yong; Hou, Bao-Min; Feng, Zhi-Xian; Sheng, Ji-Fang; Zhong, Nan-Shan; Li, Lan-Juan (2013). "Clinical Findings in 111 Cases of Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Infection". New England Journal of Medicine. 368 (24): 2277–2285. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1305584. ISSN 0028-4793.