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Factors influencing preoperative chest radiography request for elective endoscopic procedures among medical personnel.

Pawit SomnukeRachaneekorn RamleeWaratchaya RatanapaiboonPassorn ThommaaksornCherdsak IramaneeratSomsit DuangekanongArunotai Siriussawakul
Published in: PloS one (2020)
General knowledge of medical personnel on tuberculosis needs improvement. To rectify the unnecessary chest radiography request before elective GI endoscopic procedures, awareness of the patients' health conditions, adherence to the hospital's policy and realizing of possible patient-related mishaps are not the determinants for preprocedural endoscopic chest radiography request. Future works are required to explore other alternative factors involved for reducing chest radiography requests which are not indicated.
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