Klassen Sheila L, Dusingizimana Wellars, Ngoga Gedeon, Kamali Innocent, Dusabeyezu Symaque, Ntaganda Evariste, Kwan Gene F
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Center for Integration Science, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
CASE (Phila). 2022 Aug 15;6(6):259-262. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2022.04.012. eCollection 2022 Aug.
• RHD is a common cause of heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa. • Task shifting by training rural providers in POCUS improves cardiac imaging access. • POCUS in low-resource settings can determine presence of structural heart disease. • There are specific POCUS device considerations for use in low-resource settings. • POCUS use in rural low-resource settings can lead to early heart failure management.
• 风湿性心脏病(RHD)是撒哈拉以南非洲地区心力衰竭的常见病因。
• 通过培训农村医疗服务提供者进行床旁超声心动图检查(POCUS)来实现任务转移,可改善心脏成像检查的可及性。
• 在资源匮乏地区,POCUS能够确定是否存在结构性心脏病。
• 在资源匮乏地区使用POCUS时,需要考虑特定的设备因素。
• 在农村资源匮乏地区使用POCUS可实现心力衰竭的早期管理。