Use of Ultrasound Guidance Improves Central Venous Catheter Insertion Success Rates Among Junior Residents
Dodge KL, Lynch CA, Moore CL, Biroscak BJ, Evans LV. Use of Ultrasound Guidance Improves Central Venous Catheter Insertion Success Rates Among Junior Residents. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2012, 31: 1519-1526. PMID: 23011614, DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.10.1519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral venous catheter insertionVenous catheter insertionInsertion success rateCatheter insertionFirst cannulationUS guidanceLandmark techniqueMechanical complicationsCannulation successUltrasound guidanceJunior residentsSuccess rateSuccessful insertionOverall success rateIndependent ratersBlinded independent ratersPatient comorbiditiesSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeCannulation rateInsertion successCannulationSecondary analysisResident specialtyInsertion trainingEvaluation of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department and Consistency With a National Quality Measure: Quantifying the Opportunity for Improvement
Venkatesh AK, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Camargo CA, Plewa MC, Nordenholz KE, Moore CL, Richman PB, Smithline HA, Beam DM, Kabrhel C. Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department and Consistency With a National Quality Measure: Quantifying the Opportunity for Improvement. JAMA Internal Medicine 2012, 172: 1028-1032. PMID: 22664742, PMCID: PMC3775003, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation ProductsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioProspective StudiesPulmonary EmbolismQuality ImprovementQuality of Health CareRadiation InjuriesRadiographyRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificityUnited StatesUnnecessary ProceduresConceptsNegative D-dimer test resultD-dimer test resultPulmonary embolismLow pretest probabilityD-dimer testEmergency departmentNational Quality ForumED patientsPretest probabilitySecondary analysisNQF measureMulticenter observational studyLow-risk patientsPatient-level predictorsUS emergency departmentsD-dimer testingMultivariable logistic regressionNational quality measuresInappropriate imagingAdult patientsPrimary outcomeMalignant diseaseObservational studyPatientsUnnecessary irradiation