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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2015 Apr;43(4):832–839. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000823

Table 1.

Study participant internal jugular and subclavian catheter placement experience.

IJ Catheter SC Catheter

Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Total central venous catheters (CVC) placed
 All resident physicians 27 (9 – 42) 6 (2 – 20)
 PGY-1 6 (5 – 8) 1 (0 – 2)
 PGY-2 26 (21 – 29) 6 (4 – 13)
 PGY-3 50 (35 – 51) 18 (17 – 18)
 PGY-4 55 (35 – 75) 35 (25 – 45)
Number of US-guided CVC placed
 All resident physicians 25 (9 – 40) 3 (0 – 5)
 PGY-1 6 (5 – 8) 0 (0 – 0)
 PGY-2 25 (20 – 28) 0 (0 – 4)
 PGY-3 50 (35 – 50) 12 (1 – 12)
 PGY-4 53 (30 – 75) 5 (4 – 5)
Number of US-guided CVC in LA view
 All resident physicians 0 (0 – 4) 0 (0 – 0)
 PGY-1 0 (0 – 0) 0 (0 – 0)
 PGY-2 1 (1 – 2) 0 (0 – 0)
 PGY-3 0 (0 – 5) 0 (0 – 0)
 PGY-4 5 (2 – 5) 0 (0 – 1)
Self-reported comfort with US-guided CVC
 All resident physicians 8 (7 – 9) 4 (1 – 5)
 PGY-1 5 (4 – 6) 1 (1 – 2)
 PGY-2 8 (8 – 9) 4 (3 – 5)
 PGY-3 9 (8 – 9) 5 (4 – 5)
 PGY-4 10 (9 – 10) 5 (5 – 5)

Abbreviations: central venous catheter, CVC; IJ, internal jugular; IQR, interquartile range; LA, long axis; PGY, post-graduate year; SC, subclavian; US, ultrasound.