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10713868

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective multicentre pilot study was undertaken in 20 Italian hospitals to assess the influence of a routine pre-operative chest radiograph on anaesthetic management and to characterise which patients might benefit from it. A total of 6111 patients undergoing elective surgery and submitted for routine pre-operative chest radiograph were enrolled. Abnormal preoperative chest radiographs were reported in 1116 patients (18.3%). Pre-operative chest radiograph altered the anaesthetic management (i.e. useful pre-operative chest radiograph) in 313 patients (5.1%). Male sex, age > 60 years, ASA classes > or = 3, respiratory diseases, and the presence of two or more co-existing diseases were significantly related to the probability of a useful pre-operative chest radiograph using multivariate analysis (P < 0.01). The classification of the surgical intervention and, of the co-existing diseases, the presence of cardiac disease had a very low influence when determining the probability that a pre-operative chest radiograph would be useful. A simple equation includes the effects of all the variables studied and allows calculation of the probability of a useful pre-operative chest radiograph. This study indicates that in healthy, female, < or = 60-year-old patients, submitted for standard surgery, the probability of a useful pre-operative chest radiograph ranges from 0.2% to 3.5% according to the hospital. The probability increases in male or elderly subjects, or in the presence of co-existing respiratory diseases, or in ASA classes > or = 3, but there is a wide variation between hospitals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0265-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
749-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Usefulness of routine pre-operative chest radiography for anaesthetic management: a prospective multicentre pilot study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cattinara Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study