More than two-thirds of patients with negative chest X-ray results prescribed antibiotics. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired ...

Background and Goal: This study explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia. Study Approach: A ...

This study explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia. The sample included 259 adult patients.

Clinicians often face uncertainty about whether they can rely on a negative chest x-ray (CXR) to rule out pneumonia in a child, even when other clinical signs and symptoms may have raised that concern ...

X-rays can help doctors identify TB infections. They look for specific characteristics in these images to make a diagnosis. TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it ...

Higher clinical severity was seen in patients with positive vs negative CR, with longer-lasting symptoms. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected ...