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Table 3 Applicability of procedural skills and proficiency in the sterile technique required to perform ultrasound-guided procedures

From: A survey demonstrating that the procedural experience of residents in internal medicine, critical care and emergency medicine is poor: training in ultrasound is required to rectify this

Procedure*/proficiency**

Specialty Mean (SD)

Internal medicine

Critical care

Emergency medicine

All

Peripheral venous access

3.6 (1.4)

4.3 (1.3)

3.3 (1.5)

3.7 (1.4)

PICC line

4.0 (1.4)

3.6 (1.8)

3.2 (1.6)

3.6 (1.6)

CVC

4.4 (1.0)

4.9 (0.3)

4.7 (0.8)

4.7 (0.8)

Arterial line

4.0 (1.2)

4.3 (1.2)

3.5 (1.5)

3.9 (1.3)

Thoracentesis

4.3 (1.0)

4.0 (1.4)

3.3 (1.3)

3.9 (1.3)

Pericardiocentesis

4.5 (0.8)

4.9 (0.3)

4.8 (0.6)

4.8 (0.6)

Paracentesis

4.2 (1.0)

3.9 (1.4)

4.3 (1.0)

4.2 (1.1)

Arthrocentesis

3.8 (1.2)

3.9 (1.6)

3.6 (1.3)

3.5 (1.4)

Superficial abscess

3.6 (1.4)

3.3 (1.7)

3.1 (1.4)

3.4 (1.4)

Lumbar puncture

3.0 (1.4)

3.7 (1.5)

2.7 (1.4)

3.3 (1.4)

Proficiency2

1.9 (1.2)

3.6 (1.1)

3.9 (1.1)

3.1 (1.1)

  1. Data are stratified by specialty. *Perceived applicability of each procedure to the practice of each specialty was assessed using a Likert scale (1 very poor, 2 poor, 3 fair, 4 good, 5 very good). **Proficiency in the sterile technique required to perform ultrasound-guided was self-reported on the same Likert scale. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation). Some of these data are also shown in Fig. 1. Data for internal medicine stratified by postgraduate year of training and gender are presented in Additional file 2: Appendix 2: Table 7. CVC, central venous catheter, PGY, postgraduate year of training; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter.
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