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Review
. 2007 Jul;24(7):493-4.
doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.050526.

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Routine chest x rays following bronchoscopy guided percutaneous dilational tracheostomy

Souvik Das  1 , Mick Jennings
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Review

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Routine chest x rays following bronchoscopy guided percutaneous dilational tracheostomy

Souvik Das et al. Emerg Med J. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether routine chest x rays are required following bronchoscopy guided percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT). A total of 393 citations were reviewed of which six answered the three part question. The clinical bottom line is that at present there is no clinical evidence to support routine postprocedure chest x ray following bronchoscopy guided percutaneous dilatianal tracheostomy.

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