ArticleClinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology2016
Appropriate Use Criteria in Echocardiography: An Observational Institutional Study with the Perspective of a Quality Improvement Project.
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- Utilization and Appropriateness of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2020Review
- Association Between Offering Limited Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Echocardiograms and Overall Use of Echocardiography.JAMA internal medicine · 2018Article
- Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography: Evolving Applications in the Era of Value-Based Healthcare.Current cardiology reports · 2016Review
- Impact of COVID-19 on Workload and Workflow in Echocardiography Unit in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: A Monocentric Observational Study.Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart AssociationArticle
- Quality Assurance and Improvement Project in Echocardiography Laboratory: The Pivotal Importance of Organizational and Managerial Processes.Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart AssociationReview
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Abstract
backgroundAppropriate use criteria (AUC) in echocardiography are essential tools for aligning the indications of echocardiography with the best clinical standards, improving clinical outcome, restraining abuse, and preserving health-care resources.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to ascertain the AUC for transthoracic echocardiography in a university hospital and create a quality improvement project (QIP).
methodsThe assessment of 501 inpatients who received transthoracic cardiac echo was conducted according to the 2011 AUC report. Indications were classified as appropriate, uncertain, or inappropriate, and patients not matching any of the abovementioned divisions were grouped in the nonfitting category.
resultsOf the 501 eligible patients, 374 patients (74.66%) were in the appropriate group, 85 patients (16.96%) in the inappropriate group, 20 patients (3.99%) in the uncertain group, and 22 patients (4.39%) in the nonfitting category. DISCUSSION: Interpretation and analysis of the obtained results are presented, along with the results of many comparable studies; moreover, a QIP was set up accordingly.
conclusionAUC are useful to assess local practice, preserve health-care resources, and improve clinical outcome.
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