title: [Daily "routine chest x-ray" in ventilated surgical intensive care patients].
abstract: We investigated the relevance of daily routine chest x-ray in intensive care for therapeutical decision. A special emphasis was put on clinical laboratory parameters according to the APACHE-II-score. Within a prospective study we investigated 40 intubated patients of our surgical intensive care unit with a total of 609 x-ray films. 26% of all pictures gained influence on therapeutical procedure. Analysis of different patient subgroups showed only between those under 50 and those above 70 years of age an important discrepancy quote of relevant films (19 vs. 31%).
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Operative Medizin I, Philipps-Universität, Marburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beyermann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kussmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gartenschläger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003422:Critical Care; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Der tägliche "Routine-Röntgenthorax" beim beatmeten chirurgischen Intensivpatienten.