Evidence-based data for abandoning unselective daily chest radiographs in intensive care units

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1013-1014

  Hejblum, Gilles ^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

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77956096010     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.100997     Document Type: Letter

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