CHEST X-RAY SURVEYS IN GENERAL HOSPITALS, A CRITICAL REVIEW
Authors: K R BOUCOT, D A COOPER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 November 1949CHEST X-RAY SURVEYS IN GENERAL HOSPITALS, A CRITICAL REVIEWKATHARINE R. BOUCOT, DAVID A. COOPER, F.A.C.P., E. WAYNE MARSHALL, FRED MACD. RICHARDSONKATHARINE R. BOUCOTSearch for more papers by this author, DAVID A. COOPER, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, E. WAYNE MARSHALLSearch for more papers by this author, FRED MACD. RICHARDSONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-5-889 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRoentgenographic chest surveys of general hospital populations are fairly recent innovations. In 1936, Hodges4reported a chest x-ray survey of 1101 admissions to the University of Michigan Hospital. He found roentgen evidence of intrathoracic lesions in 90, or 8.1 per cent of those patients. Examination of their subsequent hospital records revealed 14 instances in which pulmonary pathology found on the survey films had not been recognized clinically. This represented an incidence of 1.5 per cent. Also in 1936, Pohle et al.8reported 1460 hospital admissions with normal lungs on physical examination. In 34, or 2.3 per cent of this group,...Bibliography1. American Hospital Association Council on Professional Practice, manual on The Management of Tuberculosis in General Hospitals—Patients, Staff, Employees, 1946. Google Scholar2. DOUGLASBIRKELO BHCC: Screening for tuberculosis in a civilian population by fluorography, Ann. Int. Med., 1941, xv, 853. Google Scholar3. HANSERDUNDON : Miniature chest fluorography, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1945, liv, 470. Google Scholar4. HODGES FJ: The medical and economic advantages of roentgenographic chest survey of all hospital admissions, Ann. Int. Med., 1936, ix, 1639. Google Scholar5. HODGES FJ: Fluorographic examination of the chest as a routine hospital procedure, Radiology, 1942, xxxviii, 453. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PETERSON WE: Report of a one year survey of a diagnostic tuberculosis service in a general hospital, Lancet, 1946, lxvi, 118. Google Scholar7. PLUNKETTMIKOL REEX: Unrecognized tuberculosis in general hospitals, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1940, xli, 381. Google Scholar8. POHLEPAULOATWAY EALWWH: Routine roentgen examinations of the chest of patients admitted to the State of Wisconsin General Hospital during a three-month period, Radiology, 1936, xxvi, 480. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SCATCHARDDUSZYNSKI GNDO: Miniature chest x-ray films in general hospitals, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, xxvii, 746. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia Pennsylvania*Received for publication March 30, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCurriculum Vitae 1 November 1949Volume 31, Issue 5Page: 889-898KeywordsLesionsLung and intrathoracic tumorsLungsPopulation statisticsThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...