Abandoning daily routine chest radiography in the intensive care unit: Meta-analysis

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 386-395

  Oba, Yuji ^a   Zaza, Tareq ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77951460699     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10090946     Document Type: Article

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