Table 5 New and unexpected predefined major abnormalities on daily routine chest radiographs resulting in a change in management per admittance category
Abnormality | Diagnostic category (number of chest radiographs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical (422) | General surgery (481) | Cardiopulmonary surgery (1251) | Neurosurgery (233) | Other (70) | |
Large atelectasis | -/8 | -/3 | -/12 | -/0 | -/1 |
Large infiltrates | 1/3 | 2/5 | 9/13 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
'Severe' pulmonary congestion | -/1 | -/2 | -/25 | -/1 | -/0 |
'Severe' pleural effusion | 1/4 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum | 1/3 | 0/2 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Malposition of oropharyngeal tube | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/15 | 3/3 | 0/0 |
Malposition of intravenous lines | 1/2 | 1/2 | 7/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Malposition of intra-aortic balloon pump | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Malposition of gastric tube | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Malposition of drains | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Total (% of all daily routine chest radiographs in group) | 11/32 (2.6%/7.6%) | 10/26 (2.1%/5.4%) | 31/88 (2.5%/7.0%) | 3/7 (1.3%/3.0%)* | 0/1 (0.0%/1.4%)* |