Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) consensus statement: recommendations for mandatory ultrasound competencies for ultrasound-guided thoracentesis, paracentesis, and central venous catheterization

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2024年3月22日

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Michael H. Walsh,
Marko Balan,
Steven J. Montague,
Dayna Butler,
Barry Chan,
Allen Tran,
Julien Viau-Lapointe,
Jeffrey Wiseman,
Hugh Traquair,
Jeffrey Yu,
Pierre-Alexis Lépine,
Janeve Desy,
Tyler B. Friesen,
Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard,
Linden Kolbenson,
Dev Jayaraman,
Sonja Lubbers,
Michael Mayette,
Michael Sattin,
Leo M. Smyth,
Monty Sandhu,
Gillian Spiegle,
Audrey Lacasse,
Ada W. Lam,
Katie Wiskar,
Shane Arishenkoff,
Jonathan Wong,
Irene W. Y. Ma

摘要

Objectives

To develop a Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) consensus statement on recommended mandatory point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) competencies for ultrasound-guided thoracentesis, paracentesis, and central venous catheterizations (CVC) for internal medicine physicians.

Methods

The 2022 CIMUS group consists of 27 voting members, with representations from all 17 Canadian academic institutions across 8 provinces. Members voted in 3 rounds on 46 procedural competencies as “mandatory, must include”, “optional, could include” or “superfluous, do not include”. These 46 competencies included 6 general competencies that apply to all POCUS-guided procedures, 11 competencies for thoracentesis, 10 competencies for paracentesis, and 19 competencies for CVC.

Results

In the first round, members reached consensus on 27 competencies (5 general, 6 thoracentesis, 8 paracentesis, 8 CVC). In the second round, 10 competencies (1 general, 2 thoracentesis, 1 paracentesis, 6 CVC) reached consensus. In the third round, 2 additional competencies (1 paracentesis, 1 CVC) reached consensus for being mandatory and 3 as optional (1 thoracentesis and 2 CVC). Overall, a total of 28 competencies reached consensus as mandatory, 3 as optional, while 11 competencies reached consensus as superfluous. Four competencies did not reach consensus for either inclusion or exclusion.

Conclusions

The CIMUS group recommends 28 competencies be considered mandatory and 3 as optional for internal medicine physicians performing POCUS guided thoracentesis, paracentesis, and CVC placement. National curriculum development and implementation efforts should include training these mandatory competencies.