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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Efficacy of a standardized computer-based training curriculum to teach echocardiographic identification of rheumatic heart disease to non-expert users
Autor(es): Andreabeaton
Luciana C.x. Lafeta
Hedda Richards
Lindsay Perlman
Catherine l. Webb
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro
Craig Sable
Maria do Carmo p. Nunes
Bruno r. Nascimento
Adriana c. Diamantino
Gabriel T.r. Pereira
Eduardo L.v. Lopes
Cassio o. Miri
Kaciane K.o. Bruno
Graziela Chequer
Camila g. Ferreira
Resumen: The ability to integrate echocardiographic for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) into RHD prevention programs is limited because of lack of financial and expert human resources in endemic areas. Task shifting to nonexperts is promising; but investigations into workforce composition and training schemes are needed. The objective of this study was to test nonexperts' ability to interpret RHD screening echocardiograms after a brief, standardized, computer-based training course. Six nonexperts completed a 3-week curriculum on image interpretation. Participant performance was tested in a school-screening environment in comparison to the reference approach (cardiologists, standard portable echocardiography machines, and 2012 World Heart Federation criteria). All participants successfully completed the curriculum, and feedback was universally positive. Screening was performed in 1,381 children (5 to 18 years, 60% female), with 397 (47 borderline RHD, 6 definite RHD, 336 normal, and 8 other) referred for handheld echo. Overall sensitivity of the simplified approach was 83% (95% CI 76% to 89%), with an overall specificity of 85% (95% CI 82% to 87%). The most common reasons for false-negative screens (n = 16) were missed mitral regurgitation (MR; 44%) and MR ≤1.5 cm (29%). The most common reasons for false-positive screens (n = 179) included identification of erroneous color jets (25%), incorrect MR measurement (24%), and appropriate application of simplified guidelines (39.4%). In conclusion, a short, independent computer-based curriculum can be successfully used to train a heterogeneous group of nonexperts to interpret RHD screening echocardiograms. This approach helps address prohibitive financial and workforce barriers to widespread RHD screening.
Asunto: Cardiopatia Reumática
Valvopatia Aórtica
Ecocardiografia
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Institución: UFMG
Departamento: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA MÉDICA
Tipo de acceso: Acesso Restrito
Identificador DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.03.006
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/54847
Fecha del documento: 2016
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916303526?via%3Dihub
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: The American Journal of Cardiology
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