%0 Journal Article
%T Simplified point-of-care ultrasound protocol to confirm central venous catheter placement: A prospective study
%A Alan Chiem
%A Craig Anderson
%A John C. Fox
%A Mohammad Subeh
%A Ryan Nguyen
%A Samantha Shwe
%A Samer Assaf
%A Sean P. Wilson
%A Shadi Lahham
%J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2017.01.004
%X The current standard for confirmation of correct supra-diaphragmatic central venous catheter (CVC) placement is with plain film chest radiography (CXR). We hypothesized that a simple point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocol could effectively confirm placement and reduce time to confirmation
%K Point-of-care ultrasound
%K Emergency ultrasound
%K Central venous access
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5263031/