Simulation-based educational curriculum for fluoroscopically guided lumbar puncture improves operator confidence and reduces patient dose

Academic Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 668-673

  Faulkner, Austin R ^a   Bourgeois, Austin C ^a   Bradley, Yong C ^a   Hudson, Kathleen B ^a   Heidel, R Eric ^a   Pasciak, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose reduction; Fluoroscopy; Lumbar puncture; Simulation training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED LUMBAR PUNCTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUNCTURE; RADIATION DOSE;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84926636016     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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