Routine chest radiographs in the surgical intensive care unit: can we change clinical habits with no proven benefit?

نویسندگان

  • Jelena V Velicković
  • Sanela A Hajdarević
  • Ivan G Palibrk
  • Natasa R Janić
  • Marija Djukanović
  • Bojana Miljković
  • Dejan M Velicković
  • Vesna Bumbasirević
چکیده

Daily routine chest radiographs (CR) are commonly performed in surgical ICU. Unnecessary CR increase costs and expose the staff and the patients to radiation risk. The goal of our study was to estimate the value of daily routine CR in the ICU and to determine the correlation between CR and physical findings in surgical ICU patients. Prospective observational study was conducted during period of two months at the ICU department at the Clinic for Digestive Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade. It included 97 consecutive patients who underwent digestive surgery and stayed at the ICU for at least two days. During their ICU stay, CRs were obtained as a clinical routine or to monitor lung pathology. Patients were followed daily, and CRs (as the proportion of positive findings) were compared with physical examination and clinical presentation. A total of 717 CRs were obtained, median number per patient was 4.0 (2.0-7.0). Proportion of positive findings was significantly higher comparing to auscultation until the sixth day of ICU stay. There was no difference in CR findings from day to day after the sixth day. Therapeutic efficacy of CRs was low as only 56 (7.8%) resulted in a change of patient management. We conclude that daily routine CRs are justified in the first six days of ICU stay, and after that time they show no advantages over clinical examination.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica

دوره 60 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013