Clinical reasoning for performance of transesophageal echocardiography in veterans with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

ABSTRACT: This study examined physicians' reasoning about obtaining transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). In 221 cases of SAB over 5 years, the most common reasons for not performing TEE were clinical response to antibiotics, negative TTE results, and the expectation that TEE would not change management.

SUBMITTER: Woods EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753505 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature