Effect of Double Tourniquet Technique on Ultrasonographic View of Forearm Veins

Bahaa Mohammed Refaie

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Superficial Forearm Veins Compressibility and Width

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04613011

1900

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vein compressibility will be assessed after light pressure applied with the ultrasound probe. Vein compressibility will be graded as 3 (100% compressed), 2 (50-100 compressed), and 1 (less than 50% compressed). After baseline measurements were taken, a proximal tourniquet will be applied to mid-arm. Repeated measurements of depth, width, and compressibility will be taken one minute after the tourniquet was applied. Same measurements will be repeated again with second tourniquet applied 1 cm distal to the first tournique.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteers aged 18-60 years will participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• patients with dialysis shunts, previous mastectomy on the examined side, fracture , skin lesion , burn or edema on the examined side