Ultrasound Assisted Peripheral Venous Access in Young Children

Catheterization, Peripheral Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ultrasound Assisted Peripheral Venous Access in Young Children: A Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00557154
• Other study ID #: 200210274
• Secondary ID: S-9400847-018LA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 8, 2007
• Last updated: February 13, 2017
• Start date: August 2003
• Est. completion date: July 2004

Study information

• Verified date: November 2007
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn how the use of ultrasound helps with the placement of an intravenous (i.v.) catheter in young children.

Description:

In an academic pediatric Emergency Depratment (ED), we performed a randomized clinical trial of children < 7 years of age, who required i.v. access and who had failed the first i.v. attempt. We randomized patients to either continued standard i.v. attempts or ultrasound-assisted attempts. Clinicians involved in the study received one hour of training in ultrasound localization of peripheral veins. In the ultrasound group, vein localization was performed by an ED physician who marked the skin overlying the target vessel. Intravenous cannulation attempts were then immediately performed by a pediatric ED nurse who relied on the skin mark for vessel location. We allowed for technique cross-over after two failed i.v. attempts. We recorded success rate and location of access attempts.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: July 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 7 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Less than 7 years of age

• Emergency Department patients

• Parents available for consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Critical illness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Catheterization, Peripheral

Intervention

Device:
• ultrasound
ultrasound used to identify target vein
• standard technique for venipuncture
routine equipment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis	Children's Miracle Network

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	venous visualization (with ultrasound) and venipuncture success rate		one year
Secondary	Anticipated difficulty of venipuncture (rated on visual analog scale)		one year