Optimal Neck Angle for Internal Jugular Cannulation

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Other: Neck Angle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02072889

0220110074

Details and patient eligibility

About

Measurements will be made between the internal jugular vein and the carotid artery using an ultrasound machine as the subjects is asked to move and position his or her neck in various positions.

It is hypothesized that by movements of the neck the investigators can maximize the distance between the internal jugular vein and the carotid artery to decrease inadvertent cannulation of the carotid artery to improve patient safety

Full description

Patients will be asked to participate in this trial if they are scheduled for surgery and they will have their neck repositioned in several ways using an ultrasound machine to measure the distance between the internal jugular vein and the carotic artery to determine maximal distance in order to insert a catheter prior to surgery

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Male and Females 18 years through 98 Scheduled for cardiac surgery Requires internal cannulation for their scheduled operative procedure -

Exclusion criteria

Individuals who refuse participation Subjects who already have had the internal jugular cannulated (line already present) History of carotid surgery History of Neck Surgery Individuals under 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Neck Angle Measures

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will position his/her neck in order to measure distance between the internal jugular and the carotid artery to determine if there is a maximal distance to target prior to cannulation

Treatment:

Other: Neck Angle