Barriers to Cardiogenic Shock Recognition: A Qualitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex heterogeneous syndrome with various causes and phenotypes, making it difficult for clinicians to diagnose. At our institution, we found several cases of missed and late recognition of CS.

Project rationale

Our institutional CS work group interviewed clinicians to identify barriers to CS recognition. Thirty-minute interviews with a series of 6 scripted questions were conducted.

Project summary

Fifteen interviews were conducted among the following clinicians: cardiology fellow (n = 1), emergency medicine (EM) resident (n = 3), heart failure nurse practitioner (n = 1), general cardiologist (n = 2), EM physician assistant (n = 2), internal medicine resident (n = 3), heart failure cardiologist (n = 1), EM physician (n = 1), an

SUBMITTER: Adie SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676141 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature