Daily portable chest x-rays are often used to monitor the status of patients in a critical care
unit. Routine nursing monitoring and assessment of these patients and their x-rays …

By incorporating chest x-ray interpretations that show complications or misplaced tubes in
the total assessment of the patient, the nurse can alter nursing actions to the best benefit for …

In the perianesthesia setting, the chest X-ray has become an essential diagnostic tool to
help direct the optimal patient care of critically ill patients. The ordering of medical tests, the …

Portable x-ray images are used to aid in assessing pathological changes and/or tube/line
placement in critically ill patients in the US Over 50% of portable examinations are …

Two hundred routine chest x-rays were evaluated to determine their value in the
management of critically ill patients in a Medical ICU (MICU). Seventy-four x-rays (37%) …

The utility of the routine chest radiograph in the ICU is quite low and can be replaced by
specific indication-driven ordering of x-rays. Source: Hendrikse KA, Gratama JWC, Hove W …

Resumen CHICO FERNANDEZ, M. et al. Prediction of the clinical usefulness of routine chest
X-rays in a traumatology ICU. Med. Intensiva [online]. 2011, vol. 35, n. 5, pp. 280-285. ISSN …

Debra Siela, RN, DNSc, CCNS, CS, CCRN, RRT n acute care settings, basic chest radiology
is still used to quickly detect abnormalities in the chest, 1 and chest imaging is an important …

Objective To determine the effects and net costs of routine chest radiographs in a medical
intensive care unit (ICU). Design A prospective, cohort study. A survey of experts in critical …

Presented is an approach to a chest radiograph, paying particular attention to features
commonly seen in the intensive care unit (ICU) with regards to iatrogenic lines and tubes …