Key result
Transoesophageal echocardiography in critically ill ICU patients demonstrated a weighted mean diagnostic impact of 67.2% and therapeutic impact of 36.0%, with a complication rate of 2.6%.
Why the study?
Does transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) safely provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical impact in critically ill ICU patients?
Does transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) safely provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical impact in critically ill ICU patients?
Transoesophageal echocardiography is a safe and highly impactful diagnostic tool that frequently alters therapeutic and surgical management in critically ill ICU patients.
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May support TEE for ICU diagnostic and therapeutic decisions; leaves open randomized trials on outcomes.
Hüttemann et al. (2004) conducted a review in Hemodynamic instability in critically ill patients (n=2,724). Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was evaluated on Diagnostic impact (identification of underlying cardiovascular pathology). Transoesophageal echocardiography in critically ill ICU patients demonstrated a weighted mean diagnostic impact of 67.2% and therapeutic impact of 36.0%, with a complication rate of 2.6%.
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