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Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | How I do it article

How I do it: judging appropriateness for TTE and TEE

Authors: Ricardo Fonseca, Thomas H Marwick

Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

The increasing cost of healthcare is a widespread international problem to which the cost of imaging has been an important contributor. Some imaging tests are ordered inappropriately and contribute to wasted use of resources. Appropriate use criteria have been developed in the USA in order to guide test selection, but there are a number of problems, including the evidence base for these criteria and the steps that can be taken to change physician practice. A restrictive approach to test ordering is difficult to fit to the nuances of clinical presentation and may compromise patient care. We propose an alternative approach to physician guidance based on the most common markers of inappropriate testing.
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Metadata
Title
How I do it: judging appropriateness for TTE and TEE
Authors
Ricardo Fonseca
Thomas H Marwick
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cardiovascular Ultrasound / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1476-7120
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-22

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