Routine chest radiograph is not indicated after open tracheostomy: A multicenter perspective

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-82

  Tyroch, Alan H ^a,e   Kaufs, Krista ^c   Lorenzo, Manuel ^d   Schreiber, Martin ^b   Solis, Diego ^d  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036050842     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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