Diagnostic reliability of duplex venous ultrasound for catheter-related thrombosis performed by a general intensive care nurse

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Alternative codes found

RIV/44555601:13450/25:43899082 RIV/00216208:11150/25:10498772

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40477-025-01001-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40477-025-01001-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Diagnostic reliability of duplex venous ultrasound for catheter-related thrombosis performed by a general intensive care nurse

Original language description

IntroductionIt has been shown that general intensive care nurses are able to perform an examination of the deep venous system of the lower extremities for the diagnosis of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using a compression ultrasound test with a high degree of reliability. (Skulec et al. in Eur J Intern Med 76:130-131, 2020) Another challenge for the use of vascular point-of-care ultrasound in intensive care is the diagnosis of central venous catheter-related thrombosis. It is a common problem that is often underdiagnosed. Due to the simplicity of the examination and the possible link with nursing care of inserted central venous catheters, this may be another potential diagnostic competency for critical care nurses.MethodologyBefore the start of the study, each nurse participating in the study completed a two-hour training in duplex ultrasonography and examined 5 patients under supervision. Then patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) included in the study, underwent a duplex ultrasound performed by a nurse. Within 24 h, the examination was repeated by the ICU doctor. In the case of catheter insertion into the internal jugular vein (VJI) or the subclavian vein (VSC), the jugular vein, subclavian vein, and axillary vein (VA) were examined bilaterally. When the catheter was inserted into the femoral vein (VF), the patients were subjected to a duplex ultrasound of the femoral vein and the popliteal vein (VP) of both lower limbs. The examination results of each patient were blinded until both tests were performed. Calculations were used to evaluate the reliability of the test.ResultA total of 160 patients aged 62.9 +/- 12.3 years were included. In our sample, the prevalence of CRT was found to be 41%. The overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of examinations performed by general intensive care nurses were 90.8%, 97.1%, 91.8%, 96.8%, and 95.5%, respectively.ConclusionThe results of our study suggest that general ICU nurses are able to perform inpatient CRT duplex ultrasound with excellent specificity but only moderate sensitivity after a short, predefined training.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Ultrasound

ISSN

1971-3495

e-ISSN

1876-7931

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

397-403

UT code for WoS article

001443846300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105000051781