ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of modified radiographic position for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) on XGray imaging.Methods FiftyGone patients of standard anteriorGposterior radiography (control group)and 50 patients of radiography with the left side of the body tilted 10 to 30 degrees to the right (modified group)were collected retrospectively.The quality of imaging was analyzed between groups.Results The image quality was significantly improved in the modified group (χ2＝ 1 7.27,P＜0.05).Conclusion When the bedside mobile DR is performed on PICC patients,raising the left side of the body and tilting to the right 10 to 30 degrees,known as modified radiographic position,can effectively increase the image quality and improve the identification of PICC,so as to accurately determine the depth of the PICC catheter.