Point-of-care Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation in Ultrasound Nonexperts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Emerging evidence suggests that chest radiography (CXR) following central venous catheter (CVC) placement is unnecessary when point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is used to confirm catheter position and exclude pneumothorax. However, few providers have adopted this practice, and it is unknown what contributing factors may play a role in this lack of adoption, such as ultrasound experience. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS to confirm CVC position and exclude a pneumothorax after brief education and training of nonexperts.

Methods

We performed a prospective cohort study in a single academic medical center to determine the diagnostic characteristics of a POCUS-guided CVC confirmation protocol after brief training performed by P

SUBMITTER: Ablordeppey EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature