Clinical Trial: Influence of Chest X-ray vs. Chest CT Scan on the Management of ICU Patients With Respiratory Failure

U.S., Dec. 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07256860) titled 'Influence of Chest X-ray vs. Chest CT Scan on the Management of ICU Patients With Respiratory Failure' on Nov. 20.

Brief Summary: Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) often require CT imaging. Performing this test on a critically ill patient involves risks, such as those associated with transferring a ventilated and unstable patient (respiratory or hemodynamic instability during transfer, unplanned extubation, unplanned removal of central catheters, drains, etc.), and those associated with intravenous contrast injection (renal impairment, anaphylactic reaction). Additionally, multiple CT scans may create a burden on the...