Chest xrays for all hyperbaric patients? http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=507480 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:27 GMT Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:41:00 GMT Copyright © 2013 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Chest xrays for all hyperbaric patients? http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=507480 http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=507480 Tue, 4 Dec 2012 22:19:53 GMT http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=508378 http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=508378 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 14:06:14 GMT http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=511751 http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=511751 We generally require one, or at least review a recent one.

P Benson MD

]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:03:40 GMT http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=533903 http://membership.uhms.org/forums/posts.asp?topic=533903 I have read that this may not be necessary unless the patient has risk factors.

We require a chest x-ray on every patient before treatment. 

It would be interesting to see a study on this - how often do we catch a contraindication for hyperbaric therapy via the mandatory pre-treatment chest x-ray.

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