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Usefulness of routine pre-operative chest radiography for anaesthetic management: a prospective multicentre pilot study
No full textA prospective multicentre pilot study was undertaken in 20 Italian hospitals to assess the influence of a routine pre-operative chest radiograph on anaesthetic management and to characterise which patients might benefit from it. A total of 6111 patients undergoing elective surgery and submitted for routine pre-operative chest radiograph were enrolled. Abnormal preoperative chest radiographs were reported in 1116 patients (18.3%). Pre-operative chest radiograph altered the anaesthetic management (i.e. useful pre-operative chest radiograph) in 313 patients (5.1%). Male sex, age > 60 years, ASA classes > or = 3, respiratory diseases, and the presence of two or more co-existing diseases were significantly related to the probability of a useful pre-operative chest radiograph using multivariate analysis (P or = 3, but there is a wide variation between hospitals
Digital subtraction angiography in postoperative evaluation of peripheral vascular disease
No full textThe authors present the results of intravenous Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) in 41 patients examined after vascular surgery for peripheral disease. The digital technique has always been able to show the patency of the graft or the existence of complications (obstruction, stenosis, pseudoaneurysm), even in asymptomatic patients. The images were of good or excellent quality in 90% of the cases. The equipment with C-arm proved to be very useful for the oblique projections which were required in about 20% of the examinations
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