Appropriate use criteria for echocardiography in the Netherlands

Appropriate use criteria for echocardiography in the Netherlands

INTRODUCTION Appropriate use criteria (AUC) for echocardiography based on clinical scenarios were previously published by an American Task Force. We determined whether members of the Dutch Working Group on Echocardiography (WGE) would rate these scenarios in a similar way. METHODS All 32 members of the WGE were invited to judge clinical scenarios independently using a blanked version of the p...

Pediatric appropriate use criteria for echocardiography: implications for clinical practice.

The first pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) were recently published by the American College of Cardiology. This document consists of common clinical scenarios for which a transthoracic echocardiogram is ordered in outpatient settings. Echocardiography is the most common imaging modality used in the outpatient setting to assess children with suspected heart disease. However, it is known t...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...

Clinical criteria and the appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography for the exclusion of infective endocarditis.

BACKGROUND Clinical guidelines currently suggest that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) be carried out in all patients with suspected endocarditis, but the use of TTE where there is a low probability of infective endocarditis has a poor diagnostic yield. This screening approach may no longer be appropriate. OBJECTIVE To examine whether clinical criteria might aid decision making with respe...

Appropriate Use Criteria.