Evolution and Impact of a Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program in a PICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use on clinicians within a PICU and to assess infrastructural elements of our POCUS program development.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Large academic, noncardiac PICU in the United States.

Subjects

Patients in a PICU who had diagnostic POCUS performed.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, 7201 diagnostic POCUS studies were ordered; 1930 (26.8%) had a quality assurance (QA) record generated in an independent POCUS QA database. The cardiac domain was most frequently imaged (81.0% of ordered studies, 81.2% of reviewed studies). POCUS images changed clinician understanding of pathophysiology in 563 of 1

SUBMITTER: Baker DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature