Worked example como método de ensino da ausculta cardíaca pediátrica para estudantes de Medicina / Worked example as a method for teaching pediatric cardiac auscultation to Medical students

Resumo: Introdução: A performance e a acurácia da ausculta cardíaca de médicos recém-formados estão aquém do esperado, o que resulta em excesso de encaminhamentos para o cardiologista, solicitação de exames desnecessários e atraso diagnóstico. O desenvolvimento de metodologias de ensino eficazes é necessário para melhorar a ausculta cardíaca e a capacidade diagnóstica dos médicos recém-graduados. Objetivo: Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar a eficácia do uso da metodologia do worked example, comparada ao ensino tradicional de aulas expositivas da semiologia do aparelho cardiovascular. Método: Participaram do estudo 56 alunos do quarto ano da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Trata-se de um estudo experimental que comparou a eficácia do modelo de ensino baseado na metodologia do worked example com a metodologia tradicional de aula expositiva sobre ausculta cardíaca pediátrica. Os alunos foram randomizados em grupo experimental e grupo de controle, e avaliados em fases distintas - pré-teste, pós-teste imediato e pós-teste tardio. Resultado: A partir da Análise de Variância de Medidas Repetidas, houve efeito significativo em ambos os métodos de treinamento quando se considerou a fase do estudo (p < 0,001). Os dois grupos obtiveram desempenhos semelhantes independentemente do método de treinamento (p = 0,863). Conclusão: A metodologia ativa conhecida como worked example pode ser tão eficaz quanto uma metodologia tradicional no ensino e aprendizagem da ausculta cardíaca pediátrica.

Abstract: Introduction: The cardiac auscultation performance of newly graduated physicians is below expectations, which results in excessive referrals to cardiologists, requests for unnecessary tests and delays in diagnosis. The development of effective teaching methodologies is necessary to improve cardiac auscultation and the diagnostic capacity of newly graduated physicians. Methods: 56 students from the 4th year of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, participated in an experimental study to compare the effectiveness of the pedagogical model based on the worked example methodology when compared to the traditional methodology of lectures on pediatric cardiac auscultation. The students were randomized into an experimental group and a control group and evaluated in different phases - pre-test, immediate post-test and later post-test. Results: From the Analysis of Variance of Repeated Measures, there was a significant effect observed in both training methods when considering the study phase (p < 0.001). Both groups obtained similar performances regardless of the training method (p = 0.863). Conclusion: This study suggests that an active methodology can be as effective as a traditional methodology in teaching and learning Pediatric Cardiac Auscultation.

Construction and application of a screening system for neonatal congenital heart disease in Hainan Province / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Objective:To assess the efficacy of the newly constructed system for screening, managing and monitoring congenital heart disease (CHD) in neonates of Hainan Province, thus providing references for a further promotion.Methods:Clinical data of neonatal CHD in Hainan Province from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 were retrospectively analyzed, including screening, diagnosis and treatment, prognosis and follow-up.Relying on Hainan Women and Children′s Medical Center as the leading unit, a neonatal CHD screening, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring system was established.A dual-indicator method was adopted, that was, screening staffs in Hainan Province performed CHD screening in living neonates by cardiac auscultation and pulse oximetry (POX) within 6-72 h after birth.Echocardiographic examinations for the screened living neonates were performed in the 31 authorized diagnosis institutions.Evaluations, interventions and treatment of living neonates with CHD were performed in 6 authorized tertiary hospitals.Data of screening, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment were filled in, uploaded and managed online through the neonatal CHD screening information management system.The research team of our hospital was responsible for the data management and monitoring.Results:From January 1 st, 2019 to December 31 st, 2021, there were 329 387 living neonates in Hainan Province, and 321 447 (97.59%) were screened for CHD, and the annual screening rate increased year by year.The positive rate of CHD screening was 2.50%(8 032/321 447). The rate of cardiac ultrasound examination within 1 week of CHD positive screening was 94.66%(7 603/8 032). The referral rate of severe CHD was 100.00%(154/154). The overall prevalence of CHD in neonates of Hainan Province was 3.419‰ (1 099/321 447). Atrial septal defect was the most common CHD lesion, with a proportion of 38.40%(422/1 099). The sensitivity of cardiac auscultation, POX and their combination for CHD detection were 69.15%, 33.49% and 91.90%, respectively, and the specificity were 98.36%, 99.43% and 97.81%, respectively.At the initial screening, the ratio of dual-positive of cardiac auscultation and POX in neonates with severe CHD (serious and critical CHD) was significantly higher than that of a single positive indicator ( χ2=36.502, 46.214, respectively; all P<0.001). All neonates with CHD were evaluated.Fifteen neonates with severe CHD died.From 2019 to 2021, the standardized mortality rate of children aged 0-1 years with CHD in Hainan province was 4.67/100 000 (15/321 447). Conclusions:Dual-indicator screening for CHD (cardiac auscultation plus POX) is reliable, non-invasive, and simple, which is conducive to be clinically promoted.Introducing and promoting an appropriate technology for screening, diagnosis, and evaluation of neonatal CHD are extremely significant since they may have contributed to the timely diagnosis and treatment of CHD, especially severe CHD, thus lowering the mortality.

A expertise clássica da ausculta cardíaca para o diagnóstico do prolapso da valva mitral / The expertise of the classic cardiac auscultation for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapses

JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: O prolapso da valva mitral possui inúmeras etiologias, é a valvopatia mais frequentee é a causa isolada de insuficiência mitral mais comum. Possui uma clínica muito diversificada e ultimamente tem-se buscado critérios diagnósticos mais rígidos para padronizar a sua identificação.Este estudo teve como objetivo oferecer as bases da ausculta cardíaca, determinar sua importância e aprofundar nos critérios diagnósticos, na clínica e prognóstico do prolapso da valva mitral. CONTEÚDO: A invenção do estetoscópio por René Hyacinthe Laënec em 1816 mudou o cenário da medicina. Para uma boa prática médica é necessário se ter um bom conhecimento das bases da ausculta cardíaca, que se baseia na utilização correta do estetoscópio, sistematização do exame físico cardíaco e na correta caracterização dos sons auscultados. São frequentes as novas tecnologias que auxiliam no diagnóstico das valvopatias, porém os exames complementares possuem suas limitações. A ausculta cardíaca está perdendo espaço diante dos novos equipamentos,encarecendo a prática médica. CONCLUSÃO: Mesmo com as novas tecnologias, além da correta utilização dos exames complementares, é de extrema importância a realização da anamnese e exame físico para o diagnóstico do prolapso da valva mitral, se fazendo necessário o uso dos critérios diagnósticos vigentes.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The mitral valve prolapsed have numerous etiologies and it is the most common valvular disease and the most common isolated cause of mitral insufficiency. Besides having a very diverse clinical, more stringent diagnostic criteria have been sought in order to reduce overdiagnosis that they had prior to these criteria. This aims to give the basics of cardiac auscultation, and deepen their importance in diagnostic criteria, the clinical course and prognosis of mitral valve prolapse. CONTENTS: The invention of the stethoscope by René Laënec Hyacinthe in 1816 changed completely the medicine scenario. For a good medical practice it is necessary to have a good knowledge of the bases of cardiac auscultation, which is focused on the correct use of the stethoscope, systematic physical examination and on the correct characterization of auscultation of heart sounds. Increasingly there are technologies that help the physicianin the diagnosis of valvular heart disease, and even studies showing that all these tests have their limitations, the cardiac auscultation has been put aside in exchange for these new technologies, making the medical practice more and more expensive. CONCLUSION: Even with new technologies, besides the correct use of supplementary tests, it is extremely important the anamnesis and physical examination for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse, if necessary making use of current diagnostic criteria.

Development of the Courseware of Cardiac Auscultation / 中华医学教育探索杂志

The development of the courseware of cardiac auscultation was introduced in this article.

Assessment of Cardiac Auscultatory Events in Outpatients in General Internal Medicine : Teaching Suggestions for Education on Cardiac Auscultatory Skills in Primary Care / General Medicine

OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to assess the clinical features of cardiac auscultatory events in outpatients in general internal medicine, and to make teaching suggestions for education on cardiac auscultatory skills in primary care medicine.<BR>METHODS: The subjects included 104 consecutive outpatients with chest symptoms, and cardiac auscultatory findings were assessed prospectively.<BR>RESULTS: Cardiac auscultatory events were found in 32 (30.8%) among the 104 subjects. The subjects with cardiac auscultatory events were significantly older than those without cardiac auscultatory events (p<0.05) . The cardiac auscultatory events of the 32 subjects were as follows; splitting of the first heart sound in 2 subjects, mid-systolic click in 2 subjects, fourth heart sound in 3 subjects, systolic murmur in 24 subjects (including one subject with both systolic and diastolic murmurs), and diastolic murmur in 2 subjects. Aortic stenosis was diagnosed in 2 subjects, and mitral regurgitation was diagnosed in one subject of the 24 subjects with a systolic murmur. One subject with both systolic and diastolic murmurs was considered to have a relative systolic murmur with aortic regurgitation. The other 20 subjects with a systolic murmur were considered to have innocent murmurs. The 2 subjects with a diastolic murmur were diagnosed as having aortic regurgitation.<BR>CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that the following cardiac ausculatory events should be given educational priority in primary care; 1) Fourth heart sounds as an extra heart sound. 2) Innocent murmurs: characteristics of innocent murmurs and discrimination from systolic murmurs caused by organic heart disease. 3) Systolic murmurs caused by aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation. 4) Diastolic high-pitched murmurs caused by aortic regurgitation.