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Table 6 Number of procedures performed: drainage 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

Number of procedures

Thoracentesis (N)

Pericardiocentesis (N)

Paracentesis (N)

Arthrocentesis (N)

IM

CC

EM

IM

CC

EM

IM

CC

EM

IM

CC

EM

Technique

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

L

U

0

90

93

14

10

29

29

98

95

16

16

30

30

45

85

14

8

23

11

84

96

14

12

23

18

1–2

8

4

1

4

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

33

11

1

7

5

8

10

2

1

4

5

10

3–5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

19

1

0

1

1

5

4

0

1

0

1

1

6–9

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

 ≥ 10

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

Total

98

98

16

16

30

30

98

98

16

16

30

30

98

98

16

16

30

30

98

98

16

16

30

30

  1. Data stratified by procedure, specialty, and technique (i.e. L landmark, U ultrasound-guided) are presented as frequency. Abbreviations. CC critical care, EM emergency medicine, IM internal medicine, L landmark, N number of respondents, U ultrasound-guided