Posterior Tibial Artery Catheterization

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arterial Catheterization

Treatments: Procedure: posterior tibial artery; Procedure: dorsalis pedis artery; Procedure: radial artery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02912481

H-1606-108-771

Details and patient eligibility

About

Arterial catheterization in small children is challenging, even for experienced anesthesiologists. For successful arterial catheterization, the arterial diameter, cross-sectional area, and depth from the skin surface are important considerations, especially in pediatric patients. THe investigators examined the posterior tibial artery (PTA) and dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) using ultrasound (US) to find a reasonable alternative arterial cannulation site to the radial artery (RA) in pediatric patients.

Enrollment: 275 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing general anesthesia needing invasive arterial monitoring

Exclusion criteria

• Surgery involving the both hands or foots

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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275 participants in 3 patient groups

Posterior tibial artery

Experimental group

Description:

real time ultrasound guided arterial catheterization on the posterior tibial artery

Treatment:

Procedure: posterior tibial artery

Radial artery

Active Comparator group

Description:

real time ultrasound guided arterial catheterization on the radial artery

Treatment:

Procedure: radial artery

Dorsalis pedis artery

Active Comparator group

Description:

real time ultrasound guided arterial catheterization on the dorsalis pedis artery

Treatment:

Procedure: dorsalis pedis artery