A National Survey of Neonatologists
| Autor: | Rajan Wadhawan, Anoop Pulickal, Gregory Logsdon, Mark Stephens, Hussnain Mirza |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Point-of-Care Systems MEDLINE Survey result Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neonatologists Intensive Care Units Neonatal Surveys and Questionnaires 030225 pediatrics Intensive care medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Neonatology Neonatology Fellowship Ultrasonography business.industry Point of care ultrasound Neonatal ICUs 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Middle Aged United States Clinical Practice Emergency medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound Quarterly. 33:265-271 |
| ISSN: | 1536-0253 0894-8771 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/ruq.0000000000000281 |
| Popis: | Point-of-care (POC) ultrasound refers to the use of portable imaging. Although POC ultrasound is widely available to the neonatologists in Australia and Europe, neonatologists in the United States report limited availability. Our objective was to seek the US neonatologists' perception of barriers and prerequisites in adopting POC ultrasound in neonatal intensive care units. An online survey link was sent via e-mail to 3000 neonatologists included in the database maintained by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Survey results (n = 574) were reported as percentage of total responses. Personal experience requiring an urgent sonography in managing cardiac tamponade or pleural effusion was reported by 78% respondents. However, emergent ultrasound (≤10 min) was not available in 80% of the neonatal intensive care units. We compared the responses based on years of clinical experience (>20 vs |
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