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An [[x-ray]] is important in [[patients]] with suspected delirium tremens, especially if they present with a [[fever]] or [[trauma]]. A [[chest]] [[x-ray]] should be obtained in [[patients]] with fever, as fifty-percent of these [[patients]] may have an [[infection]]. [[Pneumonia]] is the most common [[infection]]. | |||
==X Ray== | ==X Ray== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
An x-ray is important in patients with suspected delirium tremens, especially if they present with a fever or trauma. A chest x-ray should be obtained in patients with fever, as fifty-percent of these patients may have an infection. Pneumonia is the most common infection.
X Ray
- An x-ray is important in patients with suspected delirium tremens, especially if they present with a fever or trauma.
- A chest x-ray should be obtained in patients with fever, as fifty-percent of these patients may have an infection. Pneumonia is the most common infection reported[1].
References
- ↑ Mehta SR, Prabhu H, Swamy AJ, Dhaliwal H, Prasad D (2004). "Delirium Tremens". Med J Armed Forces India. 60 (1): 25–7. doi:10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80152-7. PMC 4923427. PMID 27407572.