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Might a chest x-ray identify any acute diseases?
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Yes: Chest x-ray can aid in the diagnosis of pneumonia, congestive heart failure, pneumothorax, pulmonary contusion, and aspiration to list a few acute conditions.
Answered 5/26/2013
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Many things: Acute pneumonia, acute hemorrhage from trauma, contusion, extraalveolar air in form of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium, pulmonary edema from heart failure, acute volume loss, etc.
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