Postnatal chest X-ray in children with asymptomatic congenital lung malformations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The clinical implications of a postnatal chest X-ray (CXR) in asymptomatic children with a prenatally diagnosed congenital lung malformation (CLM) are uncertain. We assessed the justification for the postnatal use of CXR in these children.

Methods

We included patients with CLM confirmed through chest computed tomography angiography or histopathological analysis who were asymptomatic at birth, underwent routine postnatal CXR, and participated in our standard of care prospective structured longitudinal follow-up program. Children with major associated morbidities were excluded. Primary outcomes were the positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV) of CXR findings for symptom development at 4 weeks and 6 months of age. Secondarily, we sought to establish whet

SUBMITTER: Dossche LWJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11601021 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature