Outcome of endoscopy and barium radiography for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: controlled trial in 1037 patients.A study was conducted to find whether the higher diagnostic yield of endoscopy compared with barium radiography improves management or survival in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding....
National emergency x-radiography utilization study guidelines versus canadian c-spine guidelines on trauma patients, a prospective analytical study...injuries.ObjectiveTo assess and compare the effectiveness and ease of utilizing two different sets of guidelines, the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study guidelines (NEXUS) and the Canadian C-Spine guidelines (CCR), on trauma patients.MethodsThis...
Primary care referrals for lumbar spine radiography: diagnostic yield and clinical guidelines.... Trial evidence suggests that guidelines can reduce radiography referrals....
Diagnostic accuracy of inflammatory biomarkers in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia ... The microbiology was assessed with quantitative cultures of BAL obtained within the first 6h after the development of a new pulmonary infiltrate on chest radiography....
