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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There is no established screening modality for empyema however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with pneumonia. It is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503 }} </ref> | There is no established screening modality for [[empyema]] however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with [[pneumonia]]. It is superior in detecting [[parapneumonic effusions]] compared to [[anteroposterior]] chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503 }} </ref> | ||
==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
There is no established screening modality for empyema however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with pneumonia. It is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503 }} </ref> | There is no established screening modality for [[empyema]] however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with [[pneumonia]]. It is superior in detecting [[parapneumonic effusions]] compared to [[anteroposterior]] chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
There is no established screening modality for empyema however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with pneumonia. It is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.[1]
Screening
There is no established screening modality for empyema however, lateral chest x-ray is the initial imaging of choice in patients with pneumonia. It is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T; et al. (2016). "Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions". Am J Emerg Med. 34 (12): 2402–2407. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021. PMID 27793503.