Ultrasound-guided Arterial Catheterization in Pediatric Patients

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child; Arterial Catheterization; Ultrasound

Treatments: Other: Short-axis/out-of-plane US-guided arterial catheterization; Other: Long-axis/in-plane US-guided arterial catheterization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02333786

H-1409-095-610

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators designed a prospective randomized controlled study to compare the long-axis/in-plane and short-axis/out-of-plane methods during the ultrasound-guided arterial catheterization in pediatric patients younger than 5 years old.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Surgery under general anesthesia
• Requires invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring

Exclusion criteria

• Infection/hematoma/skin disease/arteriovenous fistula/recent catheterization scar in radial artery or posterior tibial artery
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Congenital aortic disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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108 participants in 2 patient groups

Infant

Experimental group

Description:

Radial artery or posterior tibial artery of patients younger than 1 year old are either cannulated with short-axis/out-of-plane or long-axis/in-plane US-guided arterial catheterization technique.

Treatment:

Other: Short-axis/out-of-plane US-guided arterial catheterization

Other: Long-axis/in-plane US-guided arterial catheterization

Preschool child

Experimental group

Description:

Radial artery or posterior tibial artery of patients older than 1 year old and younger than 5 years old are either cannulated with long-axis/in-plane or short-axis/out-of-plane US-guided arterial catheterization technique.

Treatment:

Other: Short-axis/out-of-plane US-guided arterial catheterization

Other: Long-axis/in-plane US-guided arterial catheterization