TG TAPE, AI MUSHLIN - Annals of internal medicine, 1986 - Am Coll Physicians Although admission and preoperative chest radiography has been done for many years in various
settings, existing data do not support its utility in enhancing patient care. Calculations based
on estimates of the accuracy of chest radiographs and the likelihood of disease suggest ... Cited by 86 - Related articles - All 4 versions
FA Hubbell, S Greenfield, JL Tyler, K Chetty, … - New England Journal …, 1985 - content.nejm.org We evaluated the impact of routine chest x-ray films, obtained on admission, on the treatment
of patients on internal medicine wards of the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long
Beach, California--a population known to have a high prevalence of cardiopulmonary ... Cited by 91 - Related articles - All 6 versions
L Rucker, EB Frye, MA Staten - JAMA, 1983 - Am Med Assoc We proposed that clinical criteria could define a group of patients very unlikely to have abnormal
preoperative chest roentgenograms. Nine hundred five surgical admissions were screened for
the presence of clinical factors we thought would make those patients more likely to have ... Cited by 79 - Related articles - All 3 versions
[CITATION] The Utility of Routine Chest Radiographs
G THOMAS, IM ALVIN, M Sc - … Diagnostic Tests: Use …, 1987 - American College of Physicians Related articles
Y Charpak, C Blery, C Chastang, M Szatan, B … - Canadian Journal of …, 1988 - Springer Routine preoperative chest x-rays are still widely employed worldwide, although results of man
studies do not support their broad utilization. A protocol for selective ordering of preopera- tive
chest x-rays, according to the patien2"s clinical status, medical history and scheduled ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - All 5 versions
ARYL GOLDBERGER, M O'KONSKI - Annals of internal medicine, 1986 - Am Coll Physicians No consensus has been reached regarding the need for a routine 12-lead electrocardiogram
(ECG) preoperatively or on general admission in adult patients. Critical review of relevant studies
reveals important weaknesses and gaps in the data needed to formulate definitive ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - All 4 versions
DS Mendelson, N Khilnani, LD Wagner, JG Rabinowitz - Radiology, 1987 - radiology.rsna.org An important use of the preoperative chest radiograph is as a baseline for comparison when
complications occur after surgery. Many authors have commented on the value of preoperative
chest radiography as a screening examination, but no statistics have been presented ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] AM Rees, CJ Roberts, AS Bligh, KT Evans - British Medical Journal, 1976 - bmj.com Page 1. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.6021.1333 1976;1;1333-1335 Br Med J AM Rees, CJ
Roberts, AS Bligh and KT Evans non-cardiopulmonary surgery. Routine preoperative
chest radiography in These include: References http://bmj ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - All 4 versions
M Gagner, A Chiasson - Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien …, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The authors reviewed retrospectively 1000 patients who had a preoperative chest x-ray film made
and who underwent elective surgery. Results showed that 5.8% of women and 10.5% of men
(7.4% of all patients) had an abnormal preoperative chest x-ray film. These abnormalities ... Cited by 18 - Related articles
