Evaluation of the interpretative skills of participants of a limited transthoracic echocardiography training course (H.A.R.T.scan® course)

Limited transthoracic echocardiography performed by treating physicians may facilitate assessment of haemodynamic abnormalities in perioperative and critical care patients. The interpretative skills of one hundred participants who completed an education program in limited transthoracic echocardiogra...

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Published in:Anaesthesia and intensive care 2012-05, Vol.40 (3), p.498-504
Main Authors: ROYSE, C. F, HAJI, D. L, FARIS, J. G, VELTMAN, M. G, KUMAR, A, ROYSE, A. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology - education
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Clinical Competence
Critical care medicine
Curriculum
Echocardiography
Echocardiography - methods
Emergency physicians
Evaluation
Heart Function Tests
Heart Valve Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Hemodynamics - physiology
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Medical sciences
Methods
Mitral Valve Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency - physiopathology
Mitral Valve Stenosis - diagnostic imaging
Study and teaching
Testing
Training
Ventricular Function, Left
Ventricular Function, Right
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Summary:Limited transthoracic echocardiography performed by treating physicians may facilitate assessment of haemodynamic abnormalities in perioperative and critical care patients. The interpretative skills of one hundred participants who completed an education program in limited transthoracic echocardiography were assessed by reporting five pre-recorded case studies. A high level of agreement was observed in ventricular volume assessment (left 95%, right 96%), systolic function (left 99%, right 96%), left atrial pressure (96%) and haemodynamic state (97%). The highest failure to report answers (that is, no answer given) was for right ventricular volume and function. For moderate or severe valve lesions, agreement ranged from 90 to 98%, with failure to report
ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271
DOI:10.1177/0310057x1204000316