Table 2 POCUS characteristics
From: Point-of-care ultrasonography in Brazilian intensive care units: a national survey
Characteristic | n (322) |
|---|---|
Dedicated ultrasound machine availability | |
No | 116 (36.1) |
Yes, without Doppler imaging | 35 (10.9) |
Yes, with Continuous and Pulsatile Doppler | 63 (19.6) |
Yes, with Continuous, Pulsatile and Tissue Doppler | 107 (33.3) |
Proportion of patients assessed by POCUS on a regular basis | |
< 10% | 124 (39) |
11–25% | 100 (31.4) |
26–50% | 55 (17.3) |
51–75% | 22 (6.9) |
> 75% | 17 (5.3) |
POCUS type | |
US-guided CVC insertion | 156 (49.4) |
Cardiac assessment | 107 (33.9) |
Lung | 27 (8.5) |
Abdominal | 26 (8.2) |
POCUS recording | |
No recording | 170 (54.5) |
Registered on patient’s records | 102 (32.7) |
Electronically stored and registered on patient’s records | 47 (14.6) |
Medical report formally provided | 16 (5.1) |
Payoffs | |
None | 278 (90.3) |
Only for the institution | 13 (4.2) |
Only for the physician | 4 (1.3) |
For both the institution and the physician | 13 (4.2) |