Clinical relevance of the routine daily chest X-Ray in the surgical intensive care unit

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-23

  Resnick, Shelby ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Karamanos, Efstathios ^a   Skiada, Dimitra ^a   Dollahite, James A ^a   Okoye, Obi ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CXR; ICU; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005949725     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.09.059     Document Type: Article

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