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A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit
A variety of devices are used in the intensive care unit for long durations. Each one of them is a double-edged sword: intended to save life, but life-threatening if in the wrong place. Hence, it is important to periodically check that these devices are correctly placed so as to prevent complication...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190489/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22013292 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.85365 |
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description | A variety of devices are used in the intensive care unit for long durations. Each one of them is a double-edged sword: intended to save life, but life-threatening if in the wrong place. Hence, it is important to periodically check that these devices are correctly placed so as to prevent complications. The portable chest radiograph is of tremendous value in this context. |
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spelling | pubmed-31904892011-10-19 A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit Jain, Sanjay N Indian J Radiol Imaging Chest Radiology A variety of devices are used in the intensive care unit for long durations. Each one of them is a double-edged sword: intended to save life, but life-threatening if in the wrong place. Hence, it is important to periodically check that these devices are correctly placed so as to prevent complications. The portable chest radiograph is of tremendous value in this context. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3190489/ /pubmed/22013292 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.85365 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Chest Radiology Jain, Sanjay N A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title | A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title_full | A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title_fullStr | A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title_full_unstemmed | A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title_short | A pictorial essay: Radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
title_sort | pictorial essay: radiology of lines and tubes in the intensive care unit |
topic | Chest Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190489/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22013292 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.85365 |
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