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Appropriate Use Criteria in Echocardiography: An Observational Institutional Study with the Perspective of a Quality
Vanessa Rameh1, Antoine Kossaify1
1Echocardiography Unit, Cardiology division, University Hospital Notre Dame des Secours, Byblos, Lebanon.
Background:
Appropriate 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.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to ascertain the AUC for transthoracic echocardiography in a university hospital and create a quality improvement project (QIP).
Methods:
The 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.
Results:
Of 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.
Conclusion:
AUC are useful to assess local practice, preserve health-care resources, and improve clinical outcome.
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