Annals of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
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2020-07
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ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALIST MEDICAL DOCTORS IN ACADEMICS SOKOTO STATE CHAPTER
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Background: Chest x-ray is the most frequently performed diagnostic
examination particularly in patients with respiratory and cardiac diseases
and for routine medical checkup and planning for surgery. A study on the
image quality of chest x-rays had been conducted but the findings on the
chest x-rays have not been studied in this tertiary health institution. This
study aimed at revealing the most common pathologies and sex distribution
of the pathologies on chest x-rays of adult patients attending the hospital.
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words: Thoracic cage, Chest x-ray, Radiographic findings, Cardiac pathology, Lung pathology.