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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:467-468
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Effect of eliminating daily routine chest radiographs on on-demand radiograph practice in post–cardiothoracic surgery patients

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
^b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the recent article by Mets and colleagues¹ describing the results of a study comparing the effects of a routine versus on-demand chest x-ray approach in postoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients. The authors conclude that the on-demand approach led to a reduction in the number of chest radiographs performed without changing x-ray practice on their post—intensive care unit.

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