Trends in Use of Daily Chest Radiographs Among US Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines from December 2011 recommended against obtaining daily chest radiographs (CXRs) for patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV). Daily CXR use for patients receiving MV in US hospitals is unknown and, if high, may represent an opportunity to reduce low-value care and unnecessary radiation.

Objectives

To determine frequency of daily CXR use for US patients receiving MV, assess variability across hospitals, and evaluate whether use has decreased over time.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of hospitalized adults (aged ≥18 years) receiving MV for 3 days or longer. Mechanical ventilation was defined by having an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code of 96.7x and an MV charge

SUBMITTER: Gershengorn HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324260 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature