Can an Offsite Expert Remotely Evaluate the Visual Estimation of Ejection Fraction via a Social Network Video Call?

ABSTRACT: We aimed to investigate whether an offsite expert could effectively evaluate visually estimated ejection fraction (EF) while watching and guiding the echocardiographic procedure of an onsite novice practitioner using a social network video call. Sixty patients presenting to the intensive care unit and requiring echocardiography between October and November 2016 were included. Sixty novice sonographers without any previous experience of echocardiography participated. Prior to the procedure, the onsite cardiologist completed the echocardiography and determined the EF using the modified Simpson's method (reference value). Then, the novice practitioner performed the echocardiography again with the offsite expert's guidance via a social network video call. The EF was visually estimated by the o

SUBMITTER: Kim C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5681472 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature