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. 2020 Nov;33(11):1418-1419.
doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.07.018. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

Inpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluating a New Triage Process

Kerrilynn C Hennessey  1 , Nimish Shah  1 , Aaron Soufer  1 , Yanting Wang  1 , Vratika Agarwal  1 , Robert L McNamara  1 , Ian Crandall  1 , Samantha Balan  1 , Jason Pereira  1 , Yekaterina Kim  1 , David J Hur  1 , Eric J Velazquez  1 , Lissa Sugeng  1 , Kamil F Faridi  1
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Inpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluating a New Triage Process

Kerrilynn C Hennessey et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Nov.
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Figure 1
Flowchart of the number of patients who were screened in the triage process with their respective triage decisions, COVID-19 testing status at the time of triage, and in-hospital outcomes. “Inpatient TTE later performed” refers to TTE that was initially deferred or canceled and then later performed. “Additional inpatient TTE later performed” refers to repeat inpatient TTE that was performed after initial TTE was performed at triage. COVID (−), COVID-19 test result negative; COVID (+), COVID-19 test result positive; CV, cardiovascular; EHR, electronic health record; POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound.
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