Meeting
Abstract Number: 229
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Outcomes of an ‘Attending-Only’ Hospitalist Bedside Procedure Service Background: Patients admitted to the hospital frequently require bedside procedures including central venous catheter placement, paracentesis, thoracentesis, and lumbar puncture. Procedure training varies across residency programs resulting in varying levels of competency among practicing physicians.1 In addition, the time consuming nature of these procedures has led to […]