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Management changes resulting from chest radiographs (CXRs) |
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| Medical patients |
Surgical patients |
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| < 48 hours |
≥ 48 hours |
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| Routine |
Non-routine |
Routine |
Non-routine |
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| (n = 103) |
(n = 24) |
(n = 26) |
(n = 4) |
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| CXR that changed management (n) (% total) |
127 (20%) |
12 (15%)† |
30 (24%) |
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| Total number of management changes* |
107 |
27 |
13 |
29 |
6 |
| Adjustment/insertion of medical device |
62 (58%) |
15 (56%) |
5 (38%) |
12 (41%) |
1 (17%) |
| Ventilator setting changes |
1 (1%) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Antibiotic treatment |
3 (3%) |
4 (15%) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Treatment of congestive heart failure |
8 (8%) |
1 (4%) |
4 (31%) |
8 (28%) |
1 (17%) |
| Thoracentesis |
7 (6%) |
1 (4%) |
0 |
3 (10%) |
1 (17%) |
| Bronchoscopy |
11 (10%) |
3 (11%) |
0 |
0 |
1 (17%) |
| Other |
15 (14%) |
3 (11%) |
4 (31%) |
6 (21%) |
2 (33%) |
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Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding. * Some CXRs resulted in more than one management change. † Only routine CXRs changed management. | |||||
Chahine-Malus et al. Critical Care 2001 5:271 doi:10.1186/cc1045 |
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