To review the chest X-rays of the children with bronchial asthma and to determine their clinical relation, 151 admissions of bronchial asthmatics and chest X-ray films were reviewecL Thirty percent had normal appearance; twenty percent, hyperaeration;...
To review the chest X-rays of the children with bronchial asthma and to determine their clinical relation, 151 admissions of bronchial asthmatics and chest X-ray films were reviewecL Thirty percent had normal appearance; twenty percent, hyperaeration; fourteen percent, increased bronchial marking;nine percent, peribronchial cuffing. Pneumonic infiltration was comlicated I n twentv p=rcent. The finding of chest X-rays of bronchial asthma in children had some relation with their age, dura- tion, severity and clinical findings.