CSANZ Imaging Council Position Statement on Echocardiography Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic()

This 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...

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Autores principales: Wahi, Sudhir, Thomas, Liza, Stanton, Tony, Taylor, Andrew, Mahadevan, Devan, Evans, Geoffrey, Playford, David, To, Andrew, Davis, Mark, Anderson, Bonita, Buckley, Belinda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). 2020
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Position Statement
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32467031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.04.003
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Sumario:This 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.

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