Dual-plane Ultrasound Imaging During Vascular Access Procedures

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vascular Access Complication

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound probe; Device: Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound probe

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05093699

21-007039

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are evaluating the clinical efficiency of utilization of a dual-plane simultaneous view ultrasound probe (Butterfly iQ+; Butterfly Network, Inc.) during arterial catheter placement in the operating room

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Patient: Elective surgical patients requiring non-emergent ultrasound-guided radial arterial catheter placement
• Providers: Anesthesia providers to include trainees, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) and attending anesthesia providers.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient
• Pregnant
• Patients in a moribund state or palliative care only
• Vulnerable patients (i.e. Severe mental handicap, non-decisional)
• History of peripheral arterial disease
• Placement of arterial catheter without ultrasound guidance
• Provider: Medical students or CRNA students.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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98 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Arterial line placement via standard mechanism; utilization of a single-plane ultrasound probe

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound probe

Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound probe

Experimental group

Description:

Arterial line placement utilizing dual-plane, Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound probe

Treatment:

Device: Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound probe