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Incidence of new expected and new unexpected predefined major abnormalities in 2,457 daily routine chest radiographs |
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| Abnormalities |
Expected abnormalitiesa |
Unexpected abnormalitiesa |
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| Abnormalities expected by the ICU physician |
Abnormalities found by the radiologist |
Unexpected abnormalities found by the radiologist |
Abnormalities resulting in a change in therapy |
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| Large atelectasis |
4 (0.2%) |
0 |
24 (1.0%) |
- |
| Large infiltrates |
7 (0.3%) |
2 (0.08%) |
23 (0.9%) |
12 (0.5%) |
| 'Severe' pulmonary congestion |
5 (0.2%) |
1 (0.04%) |
29 (1.2%) |
- |
| 'Severe' pleural effusion |
3 (0.1%) |
0 |
13 (0.5%) |
5 (0.2%) |
| Pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum |
2 (0.08%) |
0 |
14 (0.6%) |
5 (0.2%) |
| Malposition of oropharyngeal tube |
1 (0.04%) |
0 |
32 (1.3%) |
19 (0.8%) |
| Malposition of intravenous lines |
0 |
0 |
12 (0.5%) |
9 (0.4%) |
| Malposition of intra-aortic balloon pump |
0 |
0 |
1 (0.04%) |
1 (0.04%) |
| Malposition of gastric tube |
0 |
0 |
5 (0.2%) |
3 (0.1%) |
| Malposition of drains |
0 |
0 |
1 (0.04%) |
1 (0.04%) |
| Total number of abnormalities |
22 |
3 |
154 |
55 |
| Total number of chest radiographs with abnormalities |
19 (0.8%) |
3 (0.1%) |
142 (5.8%) |
53 (2.2%) |
| Total number of patients with chest radiographs with abnormalitiesb |
20 (2.7%) |
3 (0.4%) |
108 (14.3%) |
48 (6.4%) |
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Predefined major abnormalities are summarized in Table 1. aAbsolute number of chest radiographs (% of all daily routine chest radiographs). bAbsolute number of patients (% of all patients with daily routine chest radiographs). -, not scored for; ICU, intensive care unit. | ||||
Graat et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R11 doi:10.1186/cc3955 |
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