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Table 3 GPs' use of ECHO information

From: General practitioners' reasoning when considering the diagnosis heart failure: a think-aloud study

 

CV2

CV6

CV3

CV5

CV4

CV1

 

CHF

CHF

CHF

Not CHF

Not CHF

Not CHF

GP1

+

other

other

0

0

0

GP2

+

+

0

0

0

other

GP3

+

+

0

-

-

-

GP4

+

+

0

-

-

0

GP5

+

+

other

-

-

-

GP6

+

+

0

-

-

-

GP7

+

+

0

-

-

other

GP8

+

+

0

-

-

0

GP9

+

+

0

-

0

-

GP10

+

+

-

-

-

0

GP11

+

+

0

-

-

-

GP12

0

0

other

0

other

other

GP13

+

+

0

0

0

-

GP14

0

0

other

0

0

0

GP15

0

0

0

0

+

0

  1. Use of information about ejection fraction (EF) value, or, in the case of CV3, about left ventricular function, as arguments for (+) or against (-) the diagnosis CHF. "Other" indicates that other ECHO information than the ejection fraction was used in the diagnostic reasoning and (0) that no ECHO informtion was used. (CHF = chronic heart failure, CV = case vignette, GP = general practitioner)