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EFSUMB Clinical Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part One (Common Heart and Pulmonary Applications) LONG VERSIONEFSUMB-Leitlinien f r die klinische Praxis des Point-of-Care-Ultraschalls: Teil 1 (Allgemeine Herz- und Lungenanwendungen) LANGFASSUNG

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Robert Jarman, James Connolly

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Abstract

© 2023 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved.Aims To evaluate the evidence and produce a summary and recommendations for the most common heart and lung applications of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS). Methods We reviewed 10 clinical domains/questions related to common heart and lung applications of PoCUS.Following review of the evidence, a summary and recommendation were produced, including assignment of levels of evidence (LoE) and grading of the recommendation, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE). 38 international experts, the expert review group (ERG), were invited to review the evidence presented for each question. A level of agreement of over 75% was required to progress to the next section. The ERG then reviewed and indicated their level of agreement regarding the summary and recommendation for each question (using a 5-point Likert scale), which was approved if a level of agreement of greater than 75% was reached. A level of agreement was defined as a summary of strongly agree and agree on the Likert scale responses. Findings and Recommendations One question achieved a strong consensus for an assigned LoE of 3 and a weak GRADE recommendation (question 1). The remaining 9 questions achieved broad agreement with one assigned an LoE of 4 and weak GRADE recommendation (question 2), three achieving an LoE of 3 with a weak GRADE recommendation (questions 3-5), three achieved an LoE of 3 with a strong GRADE recommendation (questions 6-8), and the remaining two were assigned an LoE of 2 with a strong GRADE recommendation (questions 9 and 10). Conclusion These consensus-derived recommendations should aid clinical practice and highlight areas of further research for PoCUS in acute settings.

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Author(s): Jarman RD, Mcdermott C, Colclough A, Botker M, Knudsen L, Harris T, Albaroudi B, Albaroudi O, Haddad M, Darke R, Berry E, Breslin T, Fitzpatrick G, Flanagan L, Olusanya O, Craver D, Omar A, Simpson T, Cherian N, Dore M, Prosen G, Kay S, Villen-Villegas T, Gargani L, Carley S, Woo M, Dupriez F, Hussain A, Via G, Connolly JA, Peck M, Melniker L, Walden A, Attard Biancardi MA, Zmijewska-Kaczor O, Lalande E, Geukens P, Mclaughlin R, Olszynski P, Hoffmann B, Chin E, Muhr C, Kim DJ, Mercieca A, Shukla D, Hayward S, Smith M, Gaspari R, Smallwood N, Pes P, Tavazzi G, Corradi F, Lambert M, Morris C, Trauer M, Baker K, Bystrzycki A, Goudie A, Liu R, Rudd L, Dietrich CF, Jenssen C, Sidhu PS

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Ultraschall in der Medizin

Year: 2023

Volume: 44

Issue: 1

Pages: E1-E24

Print publication date: 07/02/2023

Online publication date: 13/10/2022

Acceptance date: 07/06/2022

ISSN (print): 0172-4614

ISSN (electronic): 1438-8782

Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag

URL: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1882-5615

DOI: 10.1055/a-1882-5615

PubMed id: 36228631

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