Determination of the learning curve for ultrasound-guided jugular central venous catheter placement

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-73

  Nguyen, Ba Vinh ^a,b   Prat, Gwenael ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^c   Nowak, Emmanuel ^d   Bizien, Nicolas ^a   Tonnelier, Jean Marie ^a   Renault, Anne ^a   Ould Ahmed, Mehdi ^b   Boles, Jean Michel ^a   L'Her, Erwan ^a,e  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b Military Teaching Hospital Clermont Tonnerre   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Education; Learning curve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION, PUNCTURE AND SUCTION; CATHETER SHEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVIST; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PUNCTURE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JUGULAR VEINS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84890984047     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3069-7     Document Type: Article

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