Comparison of routine chest radiograph versus clinician judgment to determine adequate central line placement in critically ill patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Abood, Gerard J ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a,b   Esposito, Thomas J ^a   Luchette, Fred A ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Clinical judgment; Complication; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447313957     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31806bf1a3     Document Type: Article

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