Research Article
International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya
Table 1
The participants’ demographic data and past experience with ultrasound and performing CVC placement
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| Variable | Number (% [95% CI]) |
| Gender | | Female | 10 | Male | 13 | PG training | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | >=4 | 5 | Nonspecified | 6 | Year(s) in practice | | <=5 years | 16 | >5 years | 7 | Specialty | | Internal medicine | 6 | Critical care | 5 | Anesthesia | 5 | Surgery/surgical subspecialties | 4 | Emergency medicine | 2 | Others | 1 | Number of CVCs placed | | >20 | 12 (52% –73]) | 1–20 | 8 (35% –54]) | None | 3 (13% –26]) | Prior ultrasound training | 6 | Prior use of ultrasound for CVC placement | None
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