Is post-pneumonia chest X-ray for lung malignancy useful? Results of an audit of current practice

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-334

  Macdonald, C ^a   Jayathissa, S ^a   Leadbetter, M ^b  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Boulcott Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Lung neoplasm; Mass screening; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84923768347     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12699     Document Type: Article

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