Use of Ultrasound Guidance to Facilitate Obtaining Peripheral Intravenous Access

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Catheterization, Peripheral

Treatments: Procedure: Non-ultrasound guidance; Device: Ultrasound guidance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04877301

CIN001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of ultrasound guidance to insert peripheral intravenous catheters will decrease the number of punctures required to successful insertion. The hypothesis is that fewer attempts will be required with the use of ultrasound potentially leading to preservation of vessels, decreased patient pain scores and increased patient/parent satisfaction.

Full description

Patients with known or current difficult venous access will be referred to the Vascular Access Team for peripheral intravenous catheter insertion. The Vascular Access Team will randomize patients to ultrasound guidance or non-ultrasound guidance for placement of the peripheral intravenous catheter.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients 0-17 years of age requiring peripheral intravenous access
• have not had PIV attempt in preceding 24 hours

Exclusion criteria

• patients who are medically unstable
• patients who require emergent intravenous access

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound guidance

Experimental group

Description:

Ultrasound guidance used to facilitate insertion of PIV catheter.

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound guidance

Non-ultrasound guidance

Active Comparator group

Description:

Ultrasound guidance will not be used for insertion of PIV catheter.

Treatment:

Procedure: Non-ultrasound guidance