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Comparison of Two Chest Radiograph Prescription Strategies in Intensive Care Unit

NCT00893672 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 849

Last updated 2009-05-06

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Summary

Current guidelines recommend Routine daily chest radiographs (CXRs) for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs). However, some ICUs have shifted to an On-demand strategy, in which this CXR is only prescribed if warranted by the patient's status at the morning physical examination. Here the investigators compared Routine and On-demand strategies in 21 French ICUs. The working hypothesis was that CXR prescriptions would fall by at least 20% with the On-demand strategy, with no reduction in quality of care.

Conditions

  • Patient Care
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Ventilation, Mechanical

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bertrand GUIDET, MD PhD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-12-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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