Meeting
Abstract Number: 81
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Few studies have compared the effectiveness of brief training courses on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) skill acquisition of novice faculty vs. trainees. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the change in POCUS image interpretation skills and confidence of novice faculty vs. trainees after a 1-day POCUS training course. Methods: A 1-day POCUS training […]
Abstract Number: 350
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hemorrhagic complications after cardiac catheterization (CC) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with an increased risk of mortality. In review of a large catheterization registry, blood transfusions were required following 1.4% of radial access and 2.8% of femoral access PCIs, respectively. While there is a standardized protocol for obtaining a blood type and […]