Comments on "Economic Evaluation of Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation vs Chest Radiography in Critically Ill Patients: A Labor Cost Model"

This Letter to the Editor is a response to the author's paper, titled “Economic Evaluation of Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation vs Chest Radiography in Critically Ill Patients: A Labor Cost Model”. We agree that Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has been demonstrated to be a...

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Published in:The western journal of emergency medicine 2023-03, Vol.24 (2), p.368-369
Main Authors: Austin, Samuel, Tran, Quincy K, Pourmand, Ali, Matta, Ann, Haase, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advanced practice nurses
Catheterization, Central Venous
Catheters
Central Venous Catheters
Cost control
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Critical care
Critical Illness
Direct labor costs
Emergency medical care
Handbooks
Humans
Letter
Medicine
Midwifery
Physicians
Point of care testing
Radiography
Trauma centers
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Wages & salaries
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Summary:This Letter to the Editor is a response to the author's paper, titled “Economic Evaluation of Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Confirmation vs Chest Radiography in Critically Ill Patients: A Labor Cost Model”. We agree that Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has been demonstrated to be a non-inferior assessment for confirmation of successful above the diaphragm Central Venous Catheter (CVC) placement when compared to Chest X-ray (CXR). From a cost analysis standpoint, we believe there are significant areas of direct and indirect costs that would demonstrate an advantage to the use of POCUS versus CXR.
ISSN:1936-900X
1936-9018
1936-9018
DOI:10.5811/westjem.2022.10.59187