Stakeholder perspectives on current determinants of ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in resources limited settings: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Preprocedure pleural fluid localization using bedside ultrasound has been shown to reduce complications related to thoracentesis and is now considered the standard of care. However, ultrasound-guided thoracentesis (USGT) has not been broadly adopted in many low-resource settings. With increasing affordability and portability of ultrasound equipment, barriers to USGT are changing. The aim of this multisite qualitative study is to understand the current barriers to USGT in two resource-limited settings.

Setting

We studied two geographically diverse settings, Harare, Zimbabwe, and Kathmandu, Nepal.

Participants

19 multilevel stakeholders including clinical trainees, attendings, clinical educators and hospital administrators were interviewed. There were no exclu

SUBMITTER: Doran J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9748956 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature