Therapeutic impact of basic critical care echocardiography performed by residents after limited training.
Intensive care unit
Point of care technology
Therapeutic uses
Training
Transthoracic echocardiography
Ultrasound
Journal
Annals of intensive care
ISSN: 2110-5820
Titre abrégé: Ann Intensive Care
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101562873
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Jul 2024
29 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
26
04
2024
accepted:
17
07
2024
medline:
29
7
2024
pubmed:
29
7
2024
entrez:
29
7
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The objective was to assess the agreement between therapeutic proposals derived from basic critical care echocardiography performed by novice operators in ultrasonography after a limited training (residents) and by experts considered as reference. Secondary objectives were to assess the agreement between operators' answers to simple clinical questions and the concordance between basic two-dimensional measurements. This observational, prospective, single-center study was conducted over a 3-year period in a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Adult patients with acute circulatory and/or respiratory failure requiring a transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) examination were studied. In each patient, a TTE was performed by a resident novice in ultrasonography after a short training program and by an expert, independently but within 1 h and in random order. Each operator addressed standardized simple clinical questions and subsequently proposed a therapeutic strategy based on a predefined algorithm. Residents performed an average of 33 TTE studies in 244 patients (156 men; age: 63 years [52-74]; SAPS2: 45 [34-59]; 182 (75%) mechanically ventilated). Agreement between the therapeutic proposals of residents and experienced operators was good-to-excellent. The concordance was excellent for suggesting fluid loading, inotrope or vasopressor support (all Kappa values > 0.80). Inter-observer agreement was only moderate when considering the indication of negative fluid balance (Kappa: 0.65; 95% CI 0.50-0.80), since residents proposed diuretics in 23 patients (9.5%) while their counterparts had the same suggestion in 35 patients (14.4%). Overall agreement of responses to simple clinical questions was also good-to-excellent. Intraclass correlation coefficient exceeded 0.75 for measurement of ventricular and inferior vena cava size. A limited training program aiming at acquiring the basic level in critical care echocardiography enables ICU residents novice in ultrasonography to propose therapeutic interventions with a good-to-excellent agreement with experienced operators.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The objective was to assess the agreement between therapeutic proposals derived from basic critical care echocardiography performed by novice operators in ultrasonography after a limited training (residents) and by experts considered as reference. Secondary objectives were to assess the agreement between operators' answers to simple clinical questions and the concordance between basic two-dimensional measurements.
METHODS
METHODS
This observational, prospective, single-center study was conducted over a 3-year period in a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Adult patients with acute circulatory and/or respiratory failure requiring a transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) examination were studied. In each patient, a TTE was performed by a resident novice in ultrasonography after a short training program and by an expert, independently but within 1 h and in random order. Each operator addressed standardized simple clinical questions and subsequently proposed a therapeutic strategy based on a predefined algorithm.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Residents performed an average of 33 TTE studies in 244 patients (156 men; age: 63 years [52-74]; SAPS2: 45 [34-59]; 182 (75%) mechanically ventilated). Agreement between the therapeutic proposals of residents and experienced operators was good-to-excellent. The concordance was excellent for suggesting fluid loading, inotrope or vasopressor support (all Kappa values > 0.80). Inter-observer agreement was only moderate when considering the indication of negative fluid balance (Kappa: 0.65; 95% CI 0.50-0.80), since residents proposed diuretics in 23 patients (9.5%) while their counterparts had the same suggestion in 35 patients (14.4%). Overall agreement of responses to simple clinical questions was also good-to-excellent. Intraclass correlation coefficient exceeded 0.75 for measurement of ventricular and inferior vena cava size.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
A limited training program aiming at acquiring the basic level in critical care echocardiography enables ICU residents novice in ultrasonography to propose therapeutic interventions with a good-to-excellent agreement with experienced operators.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39073505
doi: 10.1186/s13613-024-01354-7
pii: 10.1186/s13613-024-01354-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
119Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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