Prevalencia de patrones radiológicos en radiografía estándar de tórax en pacientes de 40 a 80 años que acudieron a la Clínica la Paz – Cuenca. enero 2021- diciembre 2023

Abstract

Background: Radiological pulmonary patterns are findings described for the first time by Benjamin Felson in the mid-20th century. They facilitate differential diagnosis of pulmonary pathologies, which have a high prevalence worldwide and are of the main causes of deaths per year. (1) (2) (3) Standard chest X-ray is currently still considered one of the first choice techniques in the study of lung diseases. It allows to identify and differentiate these pathologies through the characteristics that each pattern presents, like the increase or decrease in normal lung density. (4) (5) General objective: To determine the prevalence of radiological patterns visualized in standard chest X-ray in patients aged 40 to 80 years at La Paz-Cuenca Clinic from January 2021 to December 2023. Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study based on imaging reports of patients aged 40 to 80 years who under went standard chest X-ray at La Paz Clinic from January 2021 to December 2023. Results: This study determined that the prevalence of radiological patterns in standard chest X-ray is that of 55.98%. In regard to sex, these patterns occur in a higher percentage in females (54.2%). Regarding age, the predominant group (41.3%) is that of 71-80 years old. It was also reported that the radiological pattern with the greatest interval is the interstitial one (38.9%). Finally, according to the location of the findings, the bilateral ones predominate (74.1%).