Routine Thoracic Radiography for Psychiatric Inpatients

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1979 English Publisher:American Psychiatric Association PublishingJournal:Psychiatric Services, volume 30, pages 474-476 (issn: 1075-2730, eissn: 1557-9700,

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Authors: E H, Liston; R H, Gerner; A G, Robertson; C V, Ford;

doi: 10.1176/ps.30.7.474

pmid: 447231

Routine Thoracic Radiography for Psychiatric Inpatients

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Abstract

Screening chest x-rays are routinely obtained for psychiatric as well as other patients. The authors present data that suggest that this practice no longer has a sound medical basis and should be eliminated or modified. It is unlikely that routine radiography of the chest is of practical benefit to adult psychiatric patients who are clinically healthy and are under age 40.

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Adult, Male, Adolescent, Tuberculin Test, Mental Disorders, Statistics as Topic, Age Factors, Middle Aged, Thorax, Patient Admission, Thoracic Diseases, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Humans, Female, Radiography, Thoracic, Aged

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