Limited Clinical Utility of Chest Radiography in Asymptomatic Patients after Interventional Radiology-Performed Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis: Analysis of 3,022 Consecutive Patients

Limited Clinical Utility of Chest Radiography in Asymptomatic Patients after Interventional Radiology-Performed Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis: Analysis of 3,022 Consecutive Patients

Purpose The aim of this study was to report the utility of chest radiography following interventional radiology-performed ultrasound-guided thoracentesis. Materials and Methods A total of 3,998 patients underwent thoracentesis between 2003 and 2018 at two institutions. A total of 3,022 (75.6%) pati...

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Main Authors: Jacob J. Bundy, Anthony N. Hage, Ruple Jairath, Albert Jiao, Vibhor Wadhwa, Narendra B. Gutta, Ravi N. Srinivasa, Joseph J. Gemmete, Eric J. Monroe, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
Subjects:
ultrasound
thoracentesis
pneumothorax
chest radiograph
chest tube placement
drainage catheter placement
interventional radiology
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1723096

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