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2719202

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective study was carried out in which a chest radiograph was performed routinely on the third postoperative day on 35 consecutive patients who had elective abdominal surgery. The aim was to determine whether clinical symptoms and signs could be correlated with the radiographic appearances and whether the routine use of such an X ray could detect serious chest pathology before clinical signs developed. Thirteen patients (37%) had radiological evidence of complications and all had symptoms and (or) signs which suggested postoperative chest pathology. The 22 patients (63%) who had no radiological abnormality, could be subdivided clinically into those who were normal (29%) and those who had symptoms and (or) signs (34%). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of previous surgery, sex, smoking, nature of surgical incision, age or duration of anaesthesia. There was a poor correlation between the diagnosis of the chest abnormality detected clinically and the diagnosis suggested by the radiographs. These findings suggest that a routine postoperative chest X ray is unnecessary in the absence of clinically detectable chest pathology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-2409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
306-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The value of postoperative chest radiology after major abdominal surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Leeds.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study