Cardiopulmonary Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Hospitalist Management of Undifferentiated Dyspnea.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association of cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) with length of stay (LOS) and hospitalization costs for patients admitted to internal medicine wards remains uncertain.

Objective

To evaluate a collaborative implementation model involving hospitalists, sonographers, and a remote cardiologist for integrating cardiopulmonary POCUS into the assessment of adult patients (≥18 years) hospitalized with undifferentiated dyspnea, and to assess its association with LOS and hospitalization costs.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study employed a type 1 effectiveness-implementation hybrid design using a 6-month stepped-wedge cluster randomized approach, conducted at a tertiary care hospital in the US between December 7,

SUBMITTER: Maganti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413653 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature