Routine chest x-rays in intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ganapathy, Anusoumya ^a   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b   Spiegelman, Jamie ^c   Scales, Damon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; EMBASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84860214442     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11321     Document Type: Article

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