Clinical utility of echocardiography for patients with hip fracture: a rapid review
Nikitovic M
Record ID 32014001046
English
Authors' recommendations:
No systematic reviews, meta-analyses, health technology assessments, or randomized controlled trails that evaluated the clinical utility of echocardiography in a hip fracture or noncardiac presurgical population were identified.
Four guidelines that provided recommendations for the use of echocardiography or cardiac assessment prior to noncardiac surgery were identified. Of these, 2 applied to the hip fracture population.
Based primarily on expert opinion, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) hip fracture guidelines do not recommend routine echocardiography in this population. Both guidelines recommend echocardiography be used to investigate the severity of a systolic murmur. However, they state that echocardiography for appropriate patients should not delay surgery.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2013
URL for published report:
http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/eds/rapid-reviews/hip-fracture-clinical-utility-130423-en.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Echocardiography
- Hip Fractures
Contact
Organisation Name:
Health Quality Ontario
Contact Address:
Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5
Contact Name:
EDSinfo@hqontario.ca
Contact Email:
OH-HQO_hta-reg@ontariohealth.ca
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Health Quality Ontario
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