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Daily routine versus on-demand chest radiograph policy and practice in adult ICU patients- clinicians' perspective.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Chest radiographs are taken daily as a part of routine investigations in Intensive care unit (ICU) patients. They are less effective and unlikely to alter the management of the majority of these patients compared to the radiographs obtained when indicated. According to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness criteria, only selective ordering of chest radiographs is recommended, including elderly or high risk patients. The aim of this study was to identify and assess the clinician's perspective in abandoning the current practice of daily routine chest radiograph and replacing with the on-demand radiograph in Saudi hospitals. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study. A valid self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all clinical staff members working in ICUs in the major tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The study population was primarily the ICU intensivists (physicians), nurses and respiratory therapists (RT). The data collected were statistically processed using SPSS version 20.0; descriptive and inferential analyses were done. RESULTS:Out of 730 questionnaires sent, we received only 495 completed questionnaires with a response rate of 67.8%. Majority of them (n?=?351) are working at academic hospitals. About half of the respondents (n?=?247) are working in an open-format ICUs. Findings showed that the daily routine chest X-ray was performed in almost 96.8% of ICUs patients, which the majority of the clinical staff members (73%) thought that this current daily routine CXR protocol in the ICUs should be replaced with the on-demand CXR policy. Interestingly, the differences in demographic and work-related characteristics had no significant impact on the clinician's view and supported moving to on-demand CXR policy and practice. CONCLUSIONS:The daily routine CXR is still a common practice in most of the Saudi hospitals ICUs although enough empirical evidence shows that it can be avoided. We observed that intensivists support the change of the current practice and recommend an on-demand CXR policy likely to be followed in intensive care management.

SUBMITTER: Al Shahrani A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5883277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Daily routine versus on-demand chest radiograph policy and practice in adult ICU patients- clinicians' perspective.

Al Shahrani Abdullah A Al-Surimi Khaled K

BMC medical imaging 20180403 1

<h4>Background</h4>Chest radiographs are taken daily as a part of routine investigations in Intensive care unit (ICU) patients. They are less effective and unlikely to alter the management of the majority of these patients compared to the radiographs obtained when indicated. According to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness criteria, only selective ordering of chest radiographs is recommended, including elderly or high risk patients. The aim of this study was to identify and a ...[more]

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