Point-of-care ultrasound: impact on emergency department length of stay for suspected lower extremity DVT. 2023

Yonathan Estrella, and Alexander Bronzo, and Luke Fey, and Aaron Ryoo, and Samuel Ayala, and Maya Lin, and Theodore Gaeta
Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA. yoe9014@nyp.org.

BACKGROUND Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has demonstrated excellent sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of DVT in the emergency department (ED). Before POCUS became widespread, patients underwent radiology department comprehensive lower extremity venous duplex ultrasounds (RADUS) which may be associated with a prolonged length of stay. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of POCUS on ED arrival to disposition (ATD) time for patients presenting to the ED with suspected lower extremity DVT. METHODS This is a retrospective chart analysis of ED visits to an urban, university-affiliated community hospital from January 2019 to December 2020. This study compared ATD between patients who underwent POCUS by an emergency medicine physician and RADUS by the radiology department. RESULTS In total, 1204 patients underwent POCUS, and 1582 patients were evaluated with RADUS. The POCUS mean ATD was 313 ± 16.8 min compared to the RADUS arm average of 323 ± 57.9 min (p = 0.56). Order to disposition time (OTD) was prolonged among the RADUS group relative to POCUS. ATD was significantly reduced in the POCUS subgroup of patients presenting during night shift when RADUS was not available, 326 ± 28.2 min versus 630 ± 109 min (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS ED POCUS scans decrease the amount of time between order placement and disposition when compared to RADUS. POCUS significantly decreases length of stay in the ED when RADUS is not available.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007902 Length of Stay The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility. Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D004636 Emergency Service, Hospital Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient. Emergency Outpatient Unit,Emergency Services Utilization,Hospital Emergency Room,Hospital Emergency Service,Hospital Emergency Services Utilization,Accident and Emergency Department,Emergency Departments,Emergency Hospital Service,Emergency Room,Emergency Units,Emergency Ward,Hospital Service Emergency,Service, Hospital Emergency,Department, Emergency,Departments, Emergency,Emergencies, Hospital Service,Emergency Department,Emergency Hospital Services,Emergency Outpatient Units,Emergency Room, Hospital,Emergency Rooms,Emergency Rooms, Hospital,Emergency Services, Hospital,Emergency Unit,Emergency Wards,Emergency, Hospital Service,Hospital Emergency Rooms,Hospital Emergency Services,Hospital Service Emergencies,Hospital Service, Emergency,Hospital Services, Emergency,Outpatient Unit, Emergency,Outpatient Units, Emergency,Room, Emergency,Room, Hospital Emergency,Rooms, Emergency,Rooms, Hospital Emergency,Service Emergencies, Hospital,Service Emergency, Hospital,Service, Emergency Hospital,Services Utilization, Emergency,Services Utilizations, Emergency,Services, Emergency Hospital,Services, Hospital Emergency,Unit, Emergency,Unit, Emergency Outpatient,Units, Emergency,Units, Emergency Outpatient,Utilization, Emergency Services,Ward, Emergency,Wards, Emergency
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D019095 Point-of-Care Systems Laboratory and other services provided to patients at the bedside. These include diagnostic and laboratory testing using automated information entry. Bedside Computing,Point of Care Technology,Bedside Technology,Point-of-Care,Bedside Technologies,Computing, Bedside,Point of Care,Point of Care Systems,Point-of-Care System,Systems, Point-of-Care,Technologies, Bedside,Technology, Bedside
D020246 Venous Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot (THROMBUS) within a vein. Deep Vein Thrombosis,Phlebothrombosis,Thrombosis, Deep Vein,Thrombosis, Venous,Deep Venous Thrombosis,Deep-Vein Thrombosis,Deep-Venous Thrombosis,Deep Vein Thromboses,Deep Venous Thromboses,Deep-Vein Thromboses,Deep-Venous Thromboses,Phlebothromboses,Thromboses, Deep Vein,Thromboses, Deep Venous,Thromboses, Deep-Vein,Thromboses, Deep-Venous,Thromboses, Venous,Thrombosis, Deep Venous,Thrombosis, Deep-Vein,Thrombosis, Deep-Venous,Vein Thromboses, Deep,Vein Thrombosis, Deep,Venous Thromboses,Venous Thromboses, Deep,Venous Thrombosis, Deep
D035002 Lower Extremity The region of the lower limb in animals, extending from the gluteal region to the FOOT, and including the BUTTOCKS; HIP; and LEG. Extremity, Lower,Lower Limb,Membrum inferius,Extremities, Lower,Limb, Lower,Limbs, Lower,Lower Extremities,Lower Limbs

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