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Use of Simulation-based Mastery Learning to Improve the Quality of Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

Background: Central venous catheter (CVC) insertions are performed frequently by internal medicine residents. Complications, including arterial puncture and pneumothorax, decrease when operators use ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Platelet Transfusion before CVC Placement in Patients with Thrombocytopenia

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...
Medscape

Use of Simulation-based Mastery Learning to Improve the Quality of Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

This was a cohort study [20] of IJ and SC CVC insertions by 41 second- and third-year internal medicine residents rotating through the MICU in a university-affiliated program from October 2006 to ...