Study of Ice Application to Reduce Pain From Arterial Punctures

St. Joseph Hospital, New Hampshire

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vessel Puncture Site Pain

Treatments: Other: Cryotherapy (ice pack)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02065115

SJH IRB 2012-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to determine if cryoanalgesia in the form of ice application could be an effective analgesic when applied before arterial puncture.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects ≥ 18 years old referred to the pulmonary function laboratory with a physician order for an arterial blood gas test were sought to complete the study

Exclusion criteria

• cold, bluish hands and fingers
• diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome or scleroderma/CREST syndrome
• history or signs of dementia, confusion, or cognitive impairment
• blindness
• patients not fluent in the English language
• non-palpable radial pulse in the wrist (necessitating brachial puncture)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Cryotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Cryotherapy: 12 ounces of crushed ice place in a plastic bag applied to the radial artery puncture area for 3 minutes

Treatment:

Other: Cryotherapy (ice pack)

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Cryotherapy is not applied to the radial artery puncture area