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Heart, lung & circulation · Jun 2020
LetterCSANZ Imaging Council Position Statement on Echocardiography Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Sudhir Wahi, Liza Thomas, Tony Stanton, Andrew Taylor, Devan Mahadevan, Geoffrey Evans, David Playford, Andrew To, Mark Davis, Bonita Anderson, and Belinda Buckley.
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Electronic address: imaging@csanz.edu.au.
- Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Jun 1; 29 (6): e78-e83.
AbstractThis Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Imaging Council Position Statement aims to guide local, regional and national clinical practice, and facilitate resource and echocardiographic service planning appropriately during the current COVID-19 global pandemic. General considerations include workforce arrangements and contingency plans, patient risk assessment for COVID-19 and level of care (personal protective equipment) for staff. Both outpatient and inpatient settings are addressed, including specific considerations in the in-patient setting including scanning protocols, screening modalities and indications for echocardiograms in the context of COVID-19 infection.Copyright © 2020.
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