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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Utility of daily routine portable chest radiographs in mechanically ventilated patients in the medical ICU.
To determine whether there is any difference in diagnostic, therapeutic, and outcome efficacy between protocols utilizing daily (ie, routine) chest radiographs (CXRs) and those utilizing clinically indicated (ie, nonroutine) CXRs in mechanically ventilated patients. ⋯ For mechanically ventilated patients, a strategy calling for daily routine CXRs compared to CXRs obtained based on clinical indications alone was not associated with reduced ICU or hospital length of stay or with reduced mortality.