At its most fundamental level, the clinical encounter between a patient and their doctor seeks to solve a mystery. Clinicians uncover clues through the history, physical examination, and ancillary ...
Low-dose radiation to cardiac substructures and late-onset cardiac disease: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS).
Pneumonia, chest x-ray The CHEST Expert Cough Panel agreed on cough, dyspnea, pleural pain, sweating, shivers, aches, temperature of ≥38°C, tachypnea, and new and localizing chest examination signs as ...
A substantial percentage of patients who receive radiologist recommendations for chest CT to evaluate abnormal findings on outpatient chest X-rays have clinically relevant findings, including cancer, ...
Six board-certified radiologists at 2 academic children's hospitals (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia [n = 3] and Boston Children's Hospital [n = 3]) interpreted the same 110 chest radiographs (100 ...
Costochondritis is not cancer, but its symptoms can resemble those of some types of cancer. It can also develop after certain ...
A man in his mid-70s with a history of peripheral arterial disease, but no known heart disease, presents to the emergency department (ED) with 1 to 2 hours of nonradiating, slightly pleuritic, ...