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Vol. 20. Issue 3.
Pages 147-149 (March 2024)
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Vol. 20. Issue 3.
Pages 147-149 (March 2024)
Brief Report
Usefulness of ultrasound in clinical decision-making in rheumatology clinical practice: A single-center longitudinal study
Utilidad de la ecografía reumatológica en la toma de decisiones en la práctica clínica: estudio unicéntrico longitudinal
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Marta Serrano-Warletaa, Aliuska Palomeque-Vargasa, Rosa Manzoa, Boris Blanco-Cáceresa,b, Mónica Vazquez-Díaza,b, Carlos Guillen-Astetea,b,
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a Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
b Unidad de Imagen y Procedimientos Ecoguiados, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Table 1. Topographic distribution of requests for ultrasound studies and purpose or reason for indication.
Table 2. Distribution of the impact of the ultrasound result on clinicians’ conduct, depending on the type of ultrasound requested (on-demand or scheduled).
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Abstract
Objective

The purpose of the present study is to identify the extent to which it affects clinical decisions in a single-centre observational retrospective study.

Method

The results of 801 requests and 1174 consecutive individual ultrasound examinations performed over 10 months were analysed.

Results

The most frequent indication was diagnostic assistance (39%) followed by assessment of inflammatory activity (34%). By topography, the hand was the most frequently studied region (51%), followed by the foot (18.1%). Of all requests, 67% had an impact on decision-making. The impact on clinical decision-making was associated with a shorter waiting time for the evaluation of the results, being the greatest in those ultrasound scans performed on demand on the same day of the request. In 73% of bilateral ultrasound studies, findings in one of the joints exemplified the overall result reported.

Conclusions

Rheumatological musculoskeletal ultrasound has proven to be a useful decision-making technique, the greater the impact of which is seen the shorter the waiting time before it is performed.

Keywords:
Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Decision-making
Routine clinical practice
Resumen
Objetivo

El propósito del presente estudio es identificar en qué medida afecta a las decisiones clínicas mediante un estudio unicéntrico observacional retrospectivo.

Método

Se analizaron los resultados de 801 solicitudes y 1174 ecografías individuales consecutivas realizadas a lo largo de 10 meses.

Resultados

La indicación más frecuente fue la asistencia diagnóstica (39%) seguida de la evaluación de actividad inflamatoria (34%). Por topografía, la mano fue la región más estudiada (51%), seguida del pie (18,1%). De todas las solicitudes, en 67% se constató un impacto en la toma de decisiones. El impacto en la decisión clínica se asoció a un menor tiempo de espera hasta la evaluación de los resultados, siendo el mayor en aquellas ecografías realizadas a demanda el mismo día de su petición. En 73% de los estudios ecográficos bilaterales, los hallazgos en una de las articulaciones ejemplificaban el resultado global emitido.

Conclusiones

La ecografía reumatológica demuestra ser una técnica útil en la toma de decisiones, cuyo mayor impacto se constata cuanto menor es el tiempo de espera hasta la evaluación de los resultados.

Palabras clave:
Ecografía musculoesquelética
Toma de decisiones
Práctica clínica habitual

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