Can we abandon daily routine chest radiography in intensive care patients?

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Graat, Marleen E ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Vroom, Margreeth B ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Chest X ray; Critical care unit; Intensive care unit; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 27744598304     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066605277212     Document Type: Article

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