No CXR After Central Line Placement

Space: StayCurrentMD Published: 2017-03-30

Topic overview

Dr. Todd Ponsky discusses a paper by Dalton et al which concludes that routine CXR is not necessary after central line placement unless symptomatic. They also found that pneumothorax was equal for IJ and subclavian lines.

Keywords

chest radiograph fluoroscopic guided line placement routine chest x-rays pediatric surgery adverse outcomes pneumothorax pleural effusion chest tube symptomatic patients protocol retrospective study line placement clinical outcomes surgical preference non-operative management patient safety radiology interventional procedures medical guidelines evidence-based practice

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#PediatricSurgery #ChestRadiograph #Fluoroscopy #PatientSafety #SurgicalGuidelines #EvidenceBasedMedicine #ClinicalOutcomes #Pneumothorax #PleuralEffusion #NonOperativeManagement #MedicalResearch #LinePlacement #Radiology #Healthcare #SurgicalPractice #Protocol #AdverseOutcomes #RetrospectiveStudy #MedicalEducation #Surgery

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