Prospective randomized evaluation of the sustained impact of assistive artificial intelligence on anesthetists' ultrasound scanning for regional anesthesia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) relies on acquiring and interpreting an appropriate view of sonoanatomy. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to aid this by applying a color overlay to key sonoanatomical structures.The primary aim was to determine whether an AI-generated color overlay was associated with a difference in participants' ability to identify an appropriate block view over a 2-month period after a standardized teaching session (as judged by a blinded assessor). Secondary outcomes included the ability to identify an appropriate block view (unblinded assessor), global rating score and participant confidence scores.

Design

Randomized, partially blinded, prospective cross-over study.

Setting

Simulation scans on healthy voluntee

SUBMITTER: Kowa CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487881 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature