Are femoral Broviac catheters effective and safe?
We conclude that compared to jugular catheters, femoral venous Broviac catheters are an effective means to vascular access, with similar incidences of complications in newborn infants.
Findings suggested while residents felt more comfortable than faculty members did with sexual orientation and alternative medicine issues in medicine, attitudes may have been related more to previous diversity education than to seniority of the physician. Integrating diversity education within departments and across the medical education continuum likely benefits all physicians. In the area of sociocultural medicine, both faculty members and residents can offer perspectives valuable to medical students, colleagues, and the larger medical community.