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. 2016 Feb 1;16:30. doi: 10.1186/s12872-016-0205-7

Table 2.

Quality of focused cardiac ultrasound by nurses

View Quality Nurse 1 Nurse 2 Nurse 3 Nurse 4 Nurse 5 Nurse 6 Nurse 7 Total
n = 250 n = 264 n = 340 n = 340 n = 274 n = 311 n = 239 n = 2018
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
Overall 1 248 99.2 216 81.8 338 99.4 337 99.1 266 97.1 308 99.0 236 98.7 1949 96.6
2 2 0.8 42 15.9 0 0.0 2 0.6 7 2.6 3 1.0 2 0.8 58 2.9
3 0 0.0 6 2.3 2 0.6 1 0.3 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.4 11 0.5
MV 2D 1 247 98.8 204 77.3 337 99.1 337 99.1 265 96.7 308 99.0 235 98.3 1933 95.8
2 3 1.2 59 22.3 1 0.3 3 0.9 9 3.3 3 1.0 4 1.7 82 4.0
3 0 0.0 1 0.4 2 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.2
MV CD 1 249 99.6 210 79.5 337 99.1 334 98.2 256 93.4 308 97.1 228 95.4 1916 94.9
2 1 0.4 48 18.2 1 0.3 5 1.5 17 6.2 3 2.9 10 4.2 91 4.5
3 0 0.0 6 2.3 2 0.6 1 0.3 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.4 11 0.5
AV 2D 1 244 97.6 215 81.4 329 96.7 325 95.6 268 97.8 302 99.0 236 98.7 1925 95.4
2 6 2.4 49 18.6 9 2.7 15 4.4 5 1.8 9 1.0 3 1.3 90 4.5
3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1
AV CD 1 248 99.2 224 84.8 338 99.4 340 100.0 266 97.1 308 99.4 236 98.3 1960 97.1
2 2 0.8 38 14.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 2.6 3 0.6 3 1.7 53 2.6
3 0 0.0 2 0.8 2 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.3

Quality: 1, adequate for diagnosis; 2, poor but diagnosis made; 3, not interpretable. AV aortic valve, MV mitral valve, 2D two-dimensional mode, CD color Doppler mode