Asthma chest x ray
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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]
Chest X-ray
Chest x-ray in patients with asthma are usually normal. But however, it is one of the initial investigations done when a patient presents with difficulty in breathing. Chest x-ray in such situations help in excluding other causes of shortness of breath[1] such as mediastinal mass, cardiac failure, tracheal compression, pneumonia, sarcoidosis or foreign body aspiration.
Chest x-ray is also useful in diagnosis of the complications/co-morbidities in patients with asthma such as atelectasis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, eosinophilic pneumonitis and pneumonia. Hence 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.