Purpose Physicians-in-training often perform bedside thoracenteses in academic medical
centers, and complications are more common among less experienced clinicians …

Subatmospheric pleural pressure (Ppl), which is approximately− 3 to− 5 cmH 2 O at
functional residual capacity (FRC) makes pleura a unique organ in the human body. The …

Patients who are critically ill and hospitalized often require invasive procedures as a part of
their medical care. Each procedure carries a unique set of risks and associated …

Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Abdominal Paracentesis: A
Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content …

Objective Bedside procedures are a vital component of patient care—particularly for
surgeons. Anecdotal evidence and previous studies from individual institutions reveal a lack …

BACKGROUND: Increasingly, paracentesis procedures are performed in interventional
radiology (IR) rather than at the bedside. No guidelines exist to aid decision-making about …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to evaluate national trends in lumbar puncture (LP)
procedures and the relative roles of specialty groups providing this service. MATERIALS …

Purpose To explore subspecialty workforce considerations surrounding invasive procedures
performed by radiologists. Materials and Methods The 2015 Centers for Medicare & …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate national trends in central venous access
(CVA) procedures over 2 decades with regard to changing specialty group roles and places …

Background: Paracentesis is commonly undertaken in patients with cancer-related ascites.
Aim: To systematically investigate the symptomatic benefits and harms experienced by …