Elimination of daily routine chest radiographs does not change on-demand radiography practice in post-cardiothoracic surgery patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Mets, Onno ^a   Spronk, Peter E ^b,c   Binnekade, Jan ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   de Mol, Bas A J M ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 34250776062     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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