A survey of United Kingdom intensive care echocardiography provision.
| Autor: | Akhtar W; Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, London, UK., Marshal L; Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK., Buglass H; Mid-Yorkshire Teaching Trust, Wakefield,UK., Billyard T; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK., Goedvolk C; Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK., Mildner R; Birmingham's Childrens Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK., Conway H; University of Nottingham, UK., Soliman Aboumarie H; Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, London, UK., Miller A; Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, Shrewsbury, UK., Peck M; Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, UK., Rubino A; Royal Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Intensive Care Society [J Intensive Care Soc] 2024 Jul 27; Vol. 25 (4), pp. 407-409. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 27 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17511437241264978 |
| Abstrakt: | This study, conducted under the oversight of National Health Service Blood & Transplant, aimed to evaluate the current feasibility and implementation of both comprehensive and focused donor echocardiography in United Kingdom Intensive Care Units through a nationwide survey. Responses from 95 hospitals across all 4 UK nations showed each ICU had median 4 (IQR 2, 6) personal with 3 (IQR 2, 5) consultants and 1 (IQR 0, 2) registrar trained in focused echocardiography. A comprehensive echocardiogram can be acquired in 48% ( n = 46) of hospitals within 6 h during regular working hours. This percentage drops to 11% ( n = 10) outside of regular working hours, with 53% ( n = 50) indicating this would require more than 24 h. In the case of focused echocardiogram acquisition, 60% ( n = 57) of hospitals can obtain it within 6 h during normal working hours. This figure decreases to 20% ( n = 19) outside of regular working hours, with 32% ( n = 30) indicating that this would require more than 24 h to obtain. Overall, 98% of responding units ( n = 93) have point-of-care ultrasound machines (median 2 (IQR 2, 3) machines per ICU) all equipped with echocardiographic capabilities. However, only 52% ( n = 49) of respondents indicated have the ability for remote viewing of echocardiogram images. Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Intensive Care Society 2024.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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