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Mobile X-ray outside the Hospital: a scoping review
Maria Dietz Toppenberg
Aarhus Universitetshospital
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-7888
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Background: For several years mobile X-ray equipment has been routinely used for imaging in patients too unwell within the hospital, when transportation to the radiology department was inadvisable. Now, mobile X-ray examinations are also used outside the hospital.
Objective: The literature describes that fragile patients may benefit from mobile X-ray, but we need to know if it is an evident alternative to hospital-based examination and in what populations.
Data sources: To conduct this scoping review, we searched PubMed, Cinahl, Embase, EconLit and Health Technology Assessment.
Study eligibility criteria: English-, Danish-, Norwegian-, German-, Italian-, French- and Swedish-language studies, published 1.1.2009- 1.5.2020 about mobile X-ray outside the hospital were included.
Participants and interventions: Participants were patients examined using mobile X-ray as the intervention.
Study appraisal and synthesis methods: PRISMA was used when eligible to build up the review. To extract data from the selected articles, we used a structured summary table.
Results: We included 12 studies in this scoping review. The results were divided into four topics:
1. Target population 2. Population health 3. Experience of care and 4. Cost effectiveness.
The conclusions is that target population could be larger, population health may be improved, image quality seems to be good and mobile X-ray may be cost effective.
Limitations: Limitations of language, databases and grey literature may have resulted in studies outside western countries being missed.
Conclusions: Mobile X-ray may be used outside hospital. There seems to be potential benefits to both patients and health care staff. Based on the published studies it is not possible to draw a final conclusion if mobile X-ray examination is a relevant diagnostic offer and for whom. Further studies are needed to assess the feasibility of use in fragile patients, also regarding staff, relatives and society.
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Mobile X-ray, target population, population health, experience of care, cost effectiveness.
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Mobile X-ray outside the Hospital: a scoping review
Maria Dietz Toppenberg
Aarhus Universitetshospital
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-7888
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On 20 Aug, 2020
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 24 Jun, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 07 Jun, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 04 Jun, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 31 May, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 30 May, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 29 May, 2020
Editor assigned
On 20 May, 2020
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On 19 May, 2020
Editor invited
On 19 May, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 17 Apr, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 12 Feb, 2020
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Received 12 Feb, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 11 Feb, 2020
Reviewer #3 agreed
On 02 Feb, 2020
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On 02 Feb, 2020
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Reviewer #2 agreed
On 31 Jan, 2020
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On 22 Dec, 2019
Editor invited
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No comments provided
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 09 Dec, 2019
Review #1 received
Received 12 Oct, 2019
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 28 Sep, 2019
Editor assigned
On 28 Aug, 2019
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 28 Aug, 2019
Submission checks complete
On 27 Aug, 2019
Editor invited
On 27 Aug, 2019
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Background: For several years mobile X-ray equipment has been routinely used for imaging in patients too unwell within the hospital, when transportation to the radiology department was inadvisable. Now, mobile X-ray examinations are also used outside the hospital.
Objective: The literature describes that fragile patients may benefit from mobile X-ray, but we need to know if it is an evident alternative to hospital-based examination and in what populations.
Data sources: To conduct this scoping review, we searched PubMed, Cinahl, Embase, EconLit and Health Technology Assessment.
Study eligibility criteria: English-, Danish-, Norwegian-, German-, Italian-, French- and Swedish-language studies, published 1.1.2009- 1.5.2020 about mobile X-ray outside the hospital were included.
Participants and interventions: Participants were patients examined using mobile X-ray as the intervention.
Study appraisal and synthesis methods: PRISMA was used when eligible to build up the review. To extract data from the selected articles, we used a structured summary table.
Results: We included 12 studies in this scoping review. The results were divided into four topics:
1. Target population 2. Population health 3. Experience of care and 4. Cost effectiveness.
The conclusions is that target population could be larger, population health may be improved, image quality seems to be good and mobile X-ray may be cost effective.
Limitations: Limitations of language, databases and grey literature may have resulted in studies outside western countries being missed.
Conclusions: Mobile X-ray may be used outside hospital. There seems to be potential benefits to both patients and health care staff. Based on the published studies it is not possible to draw a final conclusion if mobile X-ray examination is a relevant diagnostic offer and for whom. Further studies are needed to assess the feasibility of use in fragile patients, also regarding staff, relatives and society.
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