Role of Echocardiography in Pediatric Intensive & intermediate Care Unit | ||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||
| Article 12, Volume 23, Issue 3, July 2019, Pages 28-33 PDF (357.99 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2019.15181.1022 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Safaa Hussein Ali1; shaimaa Mohammed Mahmoud2; Ayat Ramadan Mourad* 3 | ||
| 1pediatric department,faculty of medecine,Sohag university | ||
| 2pediatric department,faculty of medicine,sohag university,Sohag ,Egypt | ||
| 3pediatrics,faculty of medicine Sohag university,Sohag,Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Background:Echocardiography is a valuable component of the clinical service in the pediatric intensive and intermediate care units. It is an important bedside imaging modality and an accurate diagnostic toolthat provides a clear image of the heart. Objectives: Our objective in this study was to detect the role of echocardiography in pediatric intensive and intermediate care units at Sohag University Hospital, Egypt. Method:It was a prospective hospital based studyconducted in pediatric intensive & intermediate care units from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017.These intensive care units receive critically ill children from emergency pediatric department or directly from the outpatient clinic. Data of these patients was collected; including clinical history, clinical examination, clinical indications for echocardiography, echocardiographic findings and management alterations after echocardiography. Results:During the study period, 495 patients were admitted to intensive and intermediate care units and 182 echocardiograms were performed for 170 patients.Congenital heart disease was the most common indication and finding of echocardiography.In this study 61% of echocardiograms done produced new findingsthat lead to additional clinical management steps especially medical interventions (30% of interventions). Conclusion:Echocardiography is a very valuable tool in the ICUs. More than half of echocardiograms done produced new findings that changed management plans for these critical patients, so its use should be encouraged on a wide base in these units. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Echocardiography; pediatric intensive care unit; intermediate care unit | ||
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