IMPACT OF CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ON OBESE ICU PATIENT OUTCOMES AND HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Results In comparison with ICU obese patients who underwent nTTE, ICU obese patients who underwent cTTE had a significantly lower number of cardiac function tests post-TTE (~1 test, CI=0.86-0.95; p=0.0001), shorter LOS (-7.5%, CI=4.2-10.8; p=0.0114), and lower hospitalization cost (-11.1%, CI=4.8-17...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61; no. 10; p. E953
Main Authors Kort, Smadar, Hibberd, Mark G, Lowe, Timothy J, Miller, Paula E, Bhat, Gajanan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 12.03.2013
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Hospitalization
Internal Medicine
Mortality
Obesity
Weight control
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Summary:Results In comparison with ICU obese patients who underwent nTTE, ICU obese patients who underwent cTTE had a significantly lower number of cardiac function tests post-TTE (~1 test, CI=0.86-0.95; p=0.0001), shorter LOS (-7.5%, CI=4.2-10.8; p=0.0114), and lower hospitalization cost (-11.1%, CI=4.8-17.3; p=0.0005).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(13)60953-5