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Elimination of daily routine chest radiographs in a mixed medical–surgical intensive care unit

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of elimination of daily routine chest radiographs (CXRs) in a mixed medical–surgical intensive care unit (ICU) on utility of on demand CXRs, length of stay (LOS) in ICU, readmission rate, and mortality rate. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective, nonrandomized, controlle...

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Autores principales: Graat, Marleen E., Kröner, Anke, Spronk, Peter E., Korevaar, Johanna C., Stoker, Jaap, Vroom, Margreeth B., Schultz, Marcus J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1915596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17333118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0542-1