Influenza chest x ray

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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]

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:

• Ground-glass opacity
• Consolidation (may suggest a superimposed bacterial infection)
• Bilateral diffuse infiltrates
• Pleural effusion