title: Chest radiography in the ICU: Part 1, Evaluation of airway, enteric, and pleural tubes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this pictorial essay, we discuss and illustrate normal and aberrant positioning of nonvascular support and monitoring devices frequently used in critically ill patients, including endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes, chest tubes, and nasogastric and nasoenteric tubes, as well as their inherent complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The radiographic evaluation of the support and monitoring devices used in patients in the ICU is important because the potentially serious complications arising from their introduction and use are often not clinically apparent. Familiarity with normal and abnormal radiographic findings is critical for the detection of these complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 371, Houston, TX 77030, USA. MGodoy@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Myrna C B
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Barry S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Leitman
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vlahos
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Naidich
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes / Q000009:adverse effects; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007440:Intubation / Q000009:adverse effects; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects