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The chest x-ray in patients with asthma is usually normal. However, | The chest x-ray in patients with asthma is usually normal. However, chest x-ray remains one of the initial diagnostic investigations done when a patient presents with difficulty in breathing. The use of chest x-ray in such situations may assist in excluding other causes of [[shortness of breath]]<ref name="pmid17983880">{{cite journal| author=National Asthma Education and Prevention Program| title=Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma-Summary Report 2007. | journal=J Allergy Clin Immunol | year= 2007 | volume= 120 | issue= 5 Suppl | pages= S94-138 | pmid=17983880 | doi=10.1016/j.jaci.2007.09.043 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17983880 }} </ref> such as a [[mediastinal mass]], [[cardiac failure]], tracheal compression, [[pneumonia]], [[sarcoidosis]] or [[foreign body aspiration]]. | ||
Chest x-ray is can be useful in diagnosis of the complications and other co-morbidities such as [[atelectasis]], [[allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]], [[eosinophilic pneumonitis]] and [[pneumonia]]. It is because of this that chest x-ray is indicated in asthmatics with [[fever]]<ref name="pmid17983880">{{cite journal| author=National Asthma Education and Prevention Program| title=Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma-Summary Report 2007. | journal=J Allergy Clin Immunol | year= 2007 | volume= 120 | issue= 5 Suppl | pages= S94-138 | pmid=17983880 | doi=10.1016/j.jaci.2007.09.043 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17983880 }} </ref>. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
The chest x-ray in asthmatics is often normal. It is done to exclude other causes of wheeze and aid in the diagnosis of complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia.
Chest X-ray
The chest x-ray in patients with asthma is usually normal. However, chest x-ray remains one of the initial diagnostic investigations done when a patient presents with difficulty in breathing. The use of chest x-ray in such situations may assist in excluding other causes of shortness of breath[1] such as a mediastinal mass, cardiac failure, tracheal compression, pneumonia, sarcoidosis or foreign body aspiration.
Chest x-ray is can be useful in diagnosis of the complications and other co-morbidities such as atelectasis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, eosinophilic pneumonitis and pneumonia. It is because of this that chest x-ray is indicated in asthmatics with fever[1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (2007). "Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma-Summary Report 2007". J Allergy Clin Immunol. 120 (5 Suppl): S94–138. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.09.043. PMID 17983880.