Open AccessTrends in Central Venous Catheter Insertions by Anesthesia Providers: An Analysis of the Medicare Physician Supplier Procedure Summary From 2007 to 2016
Author(s) -
Daniel Rubin,
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum,
Avery Tung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004530
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesiology , central venous catheter , perioperative , specialty , central line , confidence interval , emergency medicine , nurse anesthetist , pulmonary artery catheter , catheter , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery , hemodynamics , family medicine , cardiac output
Central line insertion is a core skill for anesthesiologists. Although recent technical advances have increased the safety of central line insertion and reduced the risk of central line-associated infection, noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring and improved intravenous access techniques have also reduced the need for perioperative central venous access. We hypothesized that the number of central lines inserted by anesthesiologists has decreased over the past decade. To test our hypothesis, we reviewed the Medicare Physician Supplier Procedure Summary (PSPS) database from 2007 to 2016.