PMID: 9446124Jan 31, 1998Paper

The radiological exam of the chest in the elderly. Technical and methodological considerations

La Radiologia medica
F SchiavonS Bergamo

Abstract

We investigated the capabilities of chest radiography in the elderly considering that the examination must meet the main clinical indications of this population and that it is necessary in the elderly because the correct clinical assessment is often difficult or impossible. We reviewed the chest radiographs of 756 consecutive elderly patients admitted to our hospital from September 1 to October 31, 1996. If possible, chest radiographs were performed with the AMBER technique (156 patients, 20.7%); 240 patients (31.7%) underwent conventional radiography and the others frontal projections only (360 patients, 47.6%). T-MAT G RA Kodak high contrast films with Kodak Lanex green transmitting intensifying screens were used in all cases. The AMBER examinations of 48/156 patients with hemodynamic clinical indications were repeated with conventional frontal projections. Radiographic reports were made separately by different radiologists who considered especially the diagnostic accuracy of every examination in determining the venous overload of pulmonary circulation. Hemodynamic studies are the most frequent clinical indication of chest radiography in elderly patients (228/756 patients in our series, 30.2%); moreover, even if careful cardi...Continue Reading

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