Research Article

Validation of a Decision Rule and Derivation of a Modified Rule to Obtain Chest Radiograph in Patients with Nontraumatic Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

Table 2

Clinically insignificant abnormal findings on chest radiography.

Radiographic abnormalityNumber of patients with finding (% of total)

Atelectasis19 (2.0%)
Cardiomegaly13 (1.3%)
Nodule4 (0.4%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2 (0.2%)
Hiatal hernia2 (0.2%)
Known mass2 (0.2%)
Other9 (0.9%)