Background: Central venous catheterization (CVC) is routine in the management of critically
ill patients. However, this procedure has complications, generally mandating a …

Critically-ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) require constant monitoring of their vital
functions and provision of mechanical and pharmacologic support through various devices …

Background The chest radiograph remains the most utilised radiological investigation in the
ICU and assessment of lines and tubes is a common indication. Timely detection of …

PURPOSE: Chest x-rays (CXR) are the most frequent radiological tests performed in the
intensive care unit (ICU). Proposed advantages of daily routine CXR are early detection & …

Dear Editor, Anterior–posterior chest X-ray examinations belong to the everyday routine in
intensive care units (ICU) and are mostly performed at the patient's bedside with a mobile X …

The standard PA chest radiograph is rarely taken in the ICU patient and is replaced by an
anteroposterior (AP) radiograph. These radiographs are ideally obtained in the AP …

Background Strategies for ordering bedside chest radiographs (CXRs) have substantial
logistic and financial consequences in the ICU. Many of the indications for CXRs in the ICU …

I was a second-year student in my forties and never thought I would have to remember so
much for a career at this point in my life, but I worked harder than I had for any of my …

Purpose: X‐ray beam to grid alignment is crucial for acquiring high‐quality portable chest
radiographs. The purpose of this work was to measure x‐ray beam to grid alignment by …