Abstract:Introduction: Many institutions still perform routine chest radiographs after tube thoracostomies despite current guidelines suggesting that this is not necessary for simple cases.We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of routine chest radiography following ultrasonographyguided catheter thoracostomies for the detection of complications of symptomatic pleural effusions in hospitalised patients.
Methods:This was a retrospective review of 2,032 ultrasonography-guided thoracostomies on hospitalised patients with sym… Show more
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