title: [The value of thoracic and abdominal computed tomography with intensive care patients].
abstract: We evaluated in a retrospective study the therapeutic relevance of thoracic and abdominal CT examinations on 157 intensive-care patients with previously inconclusive radiological examinations. Indications for CT were sepsis (n = 105), rarely a decrease in haematocrit (n = 30), multiorgan failure (n = 16) or suspected aortic aneurysm (n = 6). In 83.4% of examinations CT detected clinically relevant features, in 44.3% positive CT studies resulted in invasive therapy within 72 hours and therefore changed patient management decisively. Our results justify the use of CT, enabling if necessary an on-target intervention, the advantages outweighing the inherent risks if the patient is exposed to the relatively small risk of being temporarily removed from the intensive-care unit for immediate invasive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik der Universität Wien.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schimmerl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schurawitzki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schurawitzki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huemer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Göttfried
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haumer
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Wertigkeit der thorakalen und abdominellen Computertomographie bei Intensivpatienten.