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Ultrasonographic Assessment During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Published on: October 24, 2020
Assessment of limited chest x-ray technique in postcardiac surgery management
Mehrdad Salehi1, Kianoush Saberi2, Mehrzad Rahmanian1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imam Khomeini Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Objectives:
The objective of this study is to investigate the safety of elimination of chest radiography in the postcardiac surgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Methods And Design:
We compared patients in two different groups of routine CXR (RCXR) and limited CXR (LCXR) and their diagnostic and therapeutic outcome in a University hospital-based single center from 2014 to 2016. 3 CXR in the RCXR group and 1 CXR in the limited group was performed, in addition to on-demand criteria.
Measurement And Main Results:
A total of 978 samples were acceptable for analysis which 55.21% of RCXR and 59.50% of LCXR were male patients. In total, 523 abnormalities in RCXR group and 154 occasions in LCXR group resulted in 26.73% diagnostic efficacy for RCXRs and 28.57% for LCXR. From 1956 CXR that was taken in RCXR group, 72 occasions required intervention (3.68%) and 84 cases out of 539 (15.58%) LCXR needed an action to therapy. This means a 14.40% in RCXRs' abnormalities and 56.00% of LCXRs' abnormalities were accompanied with some interventions.
Conclusions:
Abolishing routine CXR in the ICUs would not be harmful for the patients, and it can be managed based on their clinical status and other safer imaging techniques.
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