Summertime 2018

Welcome to the summer edition of the Ochsner Journal. Our original research section in this issue is truly multidisciplinary, with submissions from orthopedics, cardiology, internal medicine, and otorhinolaryngology. Every reader will find something interesting in this collection. For example, the article by Caffery et al compares residents' preferences and performance of three techniques for ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation after simulation training. This paper will be of interest to anyone involved in resident and simulation training, as well as staff in internal and emergency medicine who want to decrease the high complication rate associated with this common procedure