Re: Alzheimer's and CXR

drind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Tom Salls wrote:
> > Yes, this is a homework question. :)
> >
> > There's a whole range of tests which are performed on patients who are
> > suspected to have Alzheimer's. I can understand the rationale for most
> > of them, but why is a CXR always included on those lists?
>
> Who recommends a CXR as part of a dementia workup? The list of tests
> actually recommended by most groups for a dementia workup is actually
> very short.

In real life, probably no one. But I'm a student and so I'm at the
level of regurgitating lists from my textbooks on demand.

The list differs from textbook to textbook, but seems to run along the
lines of: FBC, ESR, U&Es, blood glucose, LFTs, serum calcium, vitamin
B12 & folate, TSH, T4, T3, syphilis serology, CXR, CT / MRI / SPECT /
PET.

I could see the rationale for each of those, but the CXR seemed rather
out of place.

Tom
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