Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Nikitovic M. Clinical utility of echocardiography for patients with hip fracture: a rapid review. Toronto: Health Quality Ontario (HQO). Rapid Review. 2013 Authors' conclusions No systematic reviews, meta-analyses, health technology assessments, or randomized controlled trails that evaluated the clinical utility of echocardiography in a hip fracture or noncardiac presurgical population were identified.
Four guidelines that provided recommendations for the use of echocardiography or cardiac assessment prior to noncardiac surgery were identified. Of these, 2 applied to the hip fracture population.
Based primarily on expert opinion, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) hip fracture guidelines do not recommend routine echocardiography in this population. Both guidelines recommend echocardiography be used to investigate the severity of a systolic murmur. However, they state that echocardiography for appropriate patients should not delay surgery. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Echocardiography; Heart Diseasess; Hip Fractures Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5 Email: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca AccessionNumber 32014001046 Date abstract record published 09/09/2014 |