van Wassenaer, EA;
Daams, JG;
Benninga, MA;
Rosendahl, K;
Koot, BGP;
Stafrace, S;
Arthurs, OJ;
(2021)
Non-radiologist-performed abdominal point-of-care ultrasonography in paediatrics - a scoping review.
Pediatric Radiology
, 51
(8)
pp. 1386-1399.
10.1007/s00247-021-04997-x.
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Abstract
Background Historically, US in the paediatric setting has mostly been the domain of radiologists. However, in the last decade, there has been an uptake of non-radiologist point-of-care US. Objective To gain an overview of abdominal non-radiologist point-of-care US in paediatrics. Materials and methods We conducted a scoping review regarding the uses of abdominal non-radiologist point-of-care US, quality of examinations and training, patient perspective, financial costs and legal consequences following the use of non-radiologist point-of-care US. We conducted an advanced search of the following databases: Medline, Embase and Web of Science Conference Proceedings. We included published original research studies describing abdominal non-radiologist point-of-care US in children. We limited studies to English-language articles from Western countries. Results We found a total of 5,092 publications and selected 106 publications for inclusion: 39 studies and 51 case reports or case series on the state-of-art of abdominal non-radiologist point-of-care US, 14 on training of non-radiologists, and 1 each on possible harms following non-radiologist point-of-care US and patient satisfaction. According to included studies, non-radiologist point-of-care US is increasingly used, but no standardised training guidelines exist. We found no studies regarding the financial consequences of non-radiologist point-of-care US. Conclusion This scoping review supports the further development of non-radiologist point-of-care US and underlines the need for consensus on who can do which examination after which level of training among US performers. More research is needed on training non-radiologists and on the costs-to-benefits of non-radiologist point-of-care US.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Non-radiologist-performed abdominal point-of-care ultrasonography in paediatrics - a scoping review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00247-021-04997-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-021-04997-x |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Pediatrics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Abdomen, Children, Non-radiologist, Point-of-care, Scoping review, Training, Ultrasound |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136853 |
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