Routine Chest Radiographs after Uncomplicated Thoracentesis

Routine chest radiographs after endoscopically guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.

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Utility of Routine Chest Radiographs in Kenya.

BACKGROUND Many otherwise healthy Kenyans are required to obtain chest radiographs as part of routine medical examination to exclude pulmonary TB, a condition of significant public health concern. Many of these people are required to have these radiographs taken yearly as part of routine check-up. No local data is available to support this practice. Though a quick procedure to perform and readi...

Limited utility of chest radiograph after thoracentesis.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of chest radiograph (CXR) immediately after routine thoracentesis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Multispecialty clinic/teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS All outpatients and inpatients undergoing thoracentesis in the procedure area from October 1995 to January 1998. MEASUREMENTS Immediately after thoracentesis, the physician completed a ques...

Omitting Routine Chest Radiographs in Intensive Care Units

The value of routine chest radiographs after minimally invasive cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study

BACKGROUND Chest radiographs (CXRs) are obtained frequently in postoperative cardiac surgery patients. The diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of routine CXRs is known to be low and the discussion regarding the safety of abandoning these CXRs after cardiac surgery is still ongoing. We investigated the value of routine CXRs directly after minimally invasive cardiac surgery. METHODS We prospect...