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    Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of inpatient pediatric echocardiograms

    Sean M. Lang1,2,3, Elijah Bolin1,2,3, Joshua A. Daily1,2,3, Xinyu Tang1,2,3, R. Thomas Collins II1,2,3

    Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 210-217, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12428

    Abstract Objective: Multiple reports have shown echocardiograms for certain indications are neither costeffective nor of high diagnostic yield. Given the ease with which tests can be obtained at a tertiary academic children’s hospital, our aims were to: (1) determine the diagnostic yield of inpatient studies by in-hospital location; (2) evaluate inpatient echocardiograms to determine indications and level of appropriateness; and (3) evaluate the frequency of cardiology involvement prior to those echocardiograms.
    Design: All initial inpatient echocardiograms interpreted at our institution from February 2009 to December 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. Patient location was grouped as pediatric intensive care (PICU),… More >

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