The bubble study: ultrasound confirmation of central venous catheter placement

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 315 - 319
• Main Authors: Duran-Gehring, Petra E., Guirgis, Faheem W., McKee, Kristin C., Goggans, Susan, Tran, Huynh, Kalynych, Colleen J., Wears, Robert L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Aged; Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects; Catheterization, Central Venous - methods; Catheters; Cohort Studies; Echocardiography; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Heart; Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Jugular Veins - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medical instruments; Middle Aged; Physicians; Pleura - diagnostic imaging; Pneumothorax - diagnostic imaging; Pneumothorax - etiology; Point-of-Care Systems; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Radiography, Thoracic; Review boards; Studies; Subclavian Vein - diagnostic imaging; Surgery, Computer-Assisted; Time Factors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; United States > US

The objective was to determine if ultrasound (US) can more rapidly confirm central venous catheter (CVC) position in comparison to chest radiography (CXR) in the emergency department. The study included a convenience sample of emergency department patients with supradiaphragmatic CVCs and a CXR for...