Bedside chest radiography as part of a postcardiac surgery critical care pathway: A means of decreasing utilization without adverse clinical impact

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 383-388

  Leong, Cindy S ^a   Cascade, Philip N ^a,b   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Bolling, Steven F ^a   Deeb, G Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Complications; Cost effectiveness; Guideline adherence; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Practice guidelines; Quality of care; Radiography; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034005481     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00016     Document Type: Article

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