Urgent Referral for Chest X-Ray
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Haemoptysis
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Unexplained or persistent (more than 3
weeks)
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Cough
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chest/shoulder pain
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dyspnoea
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weight loss
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chest signs
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hoarseness
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finger clubbing
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features suggestive of metastasis
from a lung cancer (e.g. brain, bone, liver or skin)
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persistent
cervical/supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
Urgent referral to a Chest Physician
Any of the following :
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Chest x-ray suggestive/suspicious of
lung cancer (including pleural effusion and slowly resolving consolidation.
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Persistent haemoptysis in smokers/ex
smokers over 40 years of age.
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Signs of superior vena caval
obstruction (swelling of face/neck with fixed elevation
of jugular venous pressure).
- Stridor (consider emergency referral).
Source:
Department of Health urgent referral guidelines
Guidelines
for urgent referral of patients with suspected lung cancer