Effect of Ultrasound-guided Insertion on Peripheral Catheters Related Complications.

Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Catheter Related Complication

Treatments: Procedure: Traditional Peripheral venous catheter insertion; Procedure: Ultrasound-guided insertion of a peripheral venous catheter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05284422

PR(AMI)24/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the appearance of complications after the insertion of peripheral venous catheters with two different techniques (traditional and ultrasound-guided).

Full description

All patients, whose parents were informed about the study and give written informed consent, will be randomized in a double-blind manner (participant and investigator) in a 1:1 ratio to visualization/palpation or ultrasound-guided peripheral catheter insertion. All participants undergo a 10 days monitoring of the catheter status.

Enrollment: 376 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 0 and 18 years
• Patients in need of a peripheral venous catheter

Exclusion criteria

• Inability of insertion in both forearms (i.e. burnt, amputation)
• Patients in need of a central venous catheter

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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376 participants in 2 patient groups

Traditional technique

Active Comparator group

Description:

Peripheral venous catheters inserted to the participants in this arm are inserted with a palpation/visualization guided technique in their hand, arm, foot or head.

Treatment:

Procedure: Traditional Peripheral venous catheter insertion

Ultrasound-guided technique

Experimental group

Description:

Peripheral venous catheters inserted to the participants in this arm are inserted with an ultrasound-guided technique in their forearm.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound-guided insertion of a peripheral venous catheter