... incorporation of information from the clinicalexamination reduces the utility of routine CXRs, with only3.4% leading to a change in management. The majority of the changes (78%) were related to repositioning ... radiography in a respiratory intensive careunit. Chest 1985, 88:691-696.6. Silverstein DS, Livingston DH, Elcavage J, Kovar L, Kelly KM: The utility of routine daily chest radiography in the surgical ... probably overestimates the utility of routine CXRsowing to the introduction of selection bias, since the houses-taff decide which patients have morning CXRs. In contrast, the percentage of non-routine...