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Internal medicine journal · Aug 2019
Introduction of portable bedside echocardiography to acute general medicine.
- Allan Gordon Maxwell and David L Jardine.
- Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Intern Med J. 2019 Aug 1; 49 (8): 1025-1028.
AbstractWe reviewed the medical records of all patients who underwent portable bedside echocardiography under general medicine over a 15-month period. The mean age of patients was 67 years (range 16-95) (n = 201). Indications for scanning included syncope (27%), murmur (17%) and dyspnoea (14%); findings included valve abnormalities (46%), left ventricular hypertrophy (26%) and dilated left ventricle (15%). Bedside echocardiography is a useful extension of the physical examination but is operator-dependent, and its routine use in general medicine will depend on the availability of training, group reporting sessions and quality assurance.© 2019 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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