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. 2024 Jun 3:79:100399.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100399. eCollection 2024.

Resident physician training in bedside pleural procedures: A one-year experience at a teaching hospital

Diego Arley Gomes da Silva  1 , Paula Duarte D'Ambrosio  2 , Fabio Eiti Nishibe Minamoto  2 , Bernardo Mulinari de Lacerda Pessoa  3 , Eserval Rocha Junior  2 , Leticia Leone Lauricella  2 , Ricardo Mingarini Terra  2 , Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes  3 , Alessandro Wasum Mariani  3
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Resident physician training in bedside pleural procedures: A one-year experience at a teaching hospital

Diego Arley Gomes da Silva et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). .

Abstract

Background and objective: This study aims to quantify bedside pleural procedures performed at a quaternary teaching hospital describing technical and epidemiological aspects.

Materials and methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients who underwent invasive thoracic bedside procedures between March 2022 and February 2023.

Results: 463 chest tube insertions and 200 thoracenteses were performed during the study period. Most procedures were conducted by 1st-year Thoracic Surgery residents, with Ultrasound Guidance (USG). There was a notable preference for small-bore pigtail catheters, with a low rate of immediate complications.

Conclusion: Bedside thoracic procedures are commonly performed in current medical practice and are significant in surgical resident training. The utilization of pigtail catheters and point-of-care ultrasonography by surgical residents in pleural procedures is increasingly prevalent and demonstrates high safety.

Keywords: Medical education; Minor surgical procedures; Pleural diseases; Thoracentesis; Thoracic drainage.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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