Why the study?
Does limited training (web module + 3h practical) allow emergency medicine trainees to reliably perform and interpret point-of-care echocardiography compared to a board-certified cardiologist?
Population
9 emergency medicine trainees performing 100 focused echocardiography examinations on emergency department…
Comparison
Bedside-focused echocardiography performed by… vs Echocardiography interpretation by a…
Design
Cross-sectional
Key result
Emergency medicine trainees achieved 93% agreement (K=0.79; 95% CI 0.773-0.842) with a cardiologist for visual estimation of left ventricular function after limited training.
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Supports limited training for EM LV assessment; hypothesis-generating for broader POCUS adoption pending prospective validation.
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
Does limited training (web module + 3h practical) allow emergency medicine trainees to reliably perform and interpret point-of-care echocardiography compared to a board-certified cardiologist?
Effect estimate: K=0.79 (95% CI 0.773 to 0.842)
Emergency medicine trainees can reliably perform and interpret focused echocardiography for left ventricular function and pericardial effusion after a short training program, though IVC assessment showed lower agreement.
Bustam et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Emergency department patients (n=100). Point-of-care echocardiography by emergency medicine trainees after limited training vs. Board-certified cardiologist was evaluated on Agreement between trainees and cardiologist for visual estimation of left ventricular function (K=0.79, 95% CI 0.773 to 0.842). Emergency medicine trainees achieved 93% agreement (K=0.79; 95% CI 0.773-0.842) with a cardiologist for visual estimation of left ventricular function after limited training.