A Multi-Country Survey on the Availability of Intraoperative Use of Echocardiography for Noncardiac Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This survey aimed to explore the availability and accessibility of echocardiography during noncardiac surgery worldwide.

Methods

An internet-based 45-item survey was sent, followed by reminders from August 30, 2021, to August 20, 2022.

Results

1189 responses were received from 62 countries. Nearly seventy-one percent of respondents had intraoperatively used transesophageal or transthoracic echocardiography (TEE and TTE, respectively) for monitoring or examination. The unavailability of echocardiography machines (30.3%), lack of trained personnel (30.2%), and absence of clinical indications (22.6%) were the top 3 reasons for not using intraoperative echocardiography in noncardiac surgery. About 61.5% of participants had access to at least one echocardiograph

SUBMITTER: El Tahan MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12932081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature