Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of Routine Daily Chest Radiography in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Tracheostomy Tubes: A Retrospective Review

Conclusions:
Routine daily imaging of patients with tracheostomy in an ICU provides little clinical utility, and CR in this population should be performed selectively based on the patient’s clinical status.

Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - May 9, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Cruz, J., Ferra, M., Kasarabada, A., Gasperino, J., Zigmund, B. Tags: Review of a Large Clinical Series Source Type: research