Table 4 Management changes resulting from chest radiographs (CXRs)
Medical patients | Surgical patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 48 hours | ≥ 48 hours | ||||
Routine | Non-routine | Routine | Non-routine | ||
(n = 103) | (n = 24) | (n = 26) | (n = 4) | ||
CXR that changed management (n) (% total) | 127 (20%) | 12 (15%)† | 30 (24%) | ||
Total number of management changes* | 107 | 27 | 13 | 29 | 6 |
Adjustment/insertion of medical device | 62 (58%) | 15 (56%) | 5 (38%) | 12 (41%) | 1 (17%) |
Ventilator setting changes | 1 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Antibiotic treatment | 3 (3%) | 4 (15%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Treatment of congestive heart failure | 8 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (31%) | 8 (28%) | 1 (17%) |
Thoracentesis | 7 (6%) | 1 (4%) | 0 | 3 (10%) | 1 (17%) |
Bronchoscopy | 11 (10%) | 3 (11%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (17%) |
Other | 15 (14%) | 3 (11%) | 4 (31%) | 6 (21%) | 2 (33%) |