Comparison of routine and on-demand prescription of chest radiographs in mechanically ventilated adults: a multicentre, cluster-randomised, two-period crossover study

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9702, 2009, Pages 1687-1693

  Hejblum, Gilles ^a,b,c   Chalumeau Lemoine, Ludivine ^c   Ioos, Vincent ^c   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Salomon, Laurence ^c   Simon, Tabassome ^b,c   Vibert, Jean François ^a,b,c   Guidet, Bertrand ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; ON DEMAND THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROUTINE THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 70449699584     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61459-8     Document Type: Article

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