Clinical reasoning for performance of transesophageal echocardiography in veterans with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Emily C. Woods; Trisha S. M. Nakasone; Cybele A. Renault

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.493

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

Clinical reasoning for performance of transesophageal echocardiography in veterans with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Emily C. Woods,
Trisha S. M. Nakasone,
Cybele A. Renault

Affiliations

Emily C. Woods: ORCiD; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Trisha S. M. Nakasone: Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Cybele A. Renault: ORCiD; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.493
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

Abstract

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This study examined physicians’ reasoning about obtaining transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). In 221 cases of SAB over 5 years, the most common reasons for not performing TEE were clinical response to antibiotics, negative TTE results, and the expectation that TEE would not change management.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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