Chest ACCP Career Connection
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Beydon, L
Right arrow Articles by Rahmouni, A
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Beydon, L
Right arrow Articles by Rahmouni, A

Chest, Vol 102, 1697-1703, Copyright © 1992 by American College of Chest Physicians

ARTICLES

Can portable chest x-ray examination accurately diagnose lung consolidation after major abdominal surgery? A comparison with computed tomography scan

L Beydon, M Saada, N Liu, JP Becquemin, A Harf, F Bonnet, A Rauss and A Rahmouni
Department of Anesthesia, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.

PURPOSE: To prospectively quantify the degree of accuracy of portable chest x-ray film examination in the detection of postoperative lung consolidations. STUDY: Nineteen patients had a chest x-ray film and computed tomography (CT) scan the day before and 48 h following elective abdominal aortic replacement. RESULTS: The diagnosis of lung consolidations by x-ray film examination showed sensitivity of between 0.33 and 1.00, depending on the lung zone considered (lower at the lung bases). Specificity always was greater than 0.79. Radiologic lung volume decreased 16 percent postoperatively (p < 0.01) on average and noninflated parenchyma increased by a factor of 3 (p < 0.0001). Postoperatively, PaO2 correlated with the amount of condensed lung by CT scan (p < 0.002). CONCLUSION: In postoperative conditions, x-ray film examination is a method which presents good specificity but poor sensitivity in the diagnosis of lung consolidations.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Intensive Care MedHome page
B. Trotman-Dickenson
Radiology in the Intensive Care Unit (Part I)
J Intensive Care Med, July 1, 2003; 18(4): 198 - 210.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Br J AnaesthHome page
N. Boisseau, O. Rabary, B. Padovani, P. Staccini, J. Mouroux, D. Grimaud, and M. Raucoules-Aime
Improvement of 'dynamic analgesia' does not decrease atelectasis after thoracotomy
Br. J. Anaesth., October 1, 2001; 87(4): 564 - 569.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.Home page
P. B. LANGEVIN, V. HELLEIN, S. M. HARMS, W. K. THARP, C. CHEUNG-SEEKIT, and S. LAMPOTANG
Synchronization of Radiograph Film Exposure with the Inspiratory Pause . Effect on the Appearance of Bedside Chest Radiographs in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., December 1, 1999; 160(6): 2067 - 2071.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 ChestHome page
S. Raoof, N. Chowdhrey, S. Raoof, M. Feuerman, A. King, R. Sriraman, and F. A. Khan
Effect of Combined Kinetic Therapy and Percussion Therapy on the Resolution of Atelectasis in Critically Ill Patients
Chest, June 1, 1999; 115(6): 1658 - 1666.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1992 by the American College of Chest Physicians.