Correct Tip Position of Central Venous Catheters

Central Venous Catheter Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessment of the Correct Tip Position of Central Venous Catheters, Inserted Using Patient's Height Formula

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05176886
• Other study ID #: Catheter
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 8, 2018
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients, ages between 18-70 years, who require central venous catheter will be enrolled for the study. Central venous catheter will be inserted using patient's height formula by Seldinger technique. Anterioposterior chest radiography will be used to assess the correct tip position. Catheters that are below the carina more than 1 cm, will be pulled back for repositioning. Catheters that are above the carina more than 1 cm, will be changed by another catheter. The investigators aim to evaluate the formula for correct tip positioning for central venous catheters

Description:

Central venous catheters are used for fluid infusion, nutrition, blood transfusion, hemodynamic monitorization in both intensive care unit and operating room. The superior vena cava and right atrium (SVC-RA) junction is considered the optimal position for central venous catheter tip. Carina corresponds to the SVC-RA junction on chest radiograph. Catheter tips, 1 cm above and 1 cm below the carina are considered as the correct position. 18-70 years old patients will be enrolled for the study. Central venous catheters will be inserted via internal jugular vein or subclavian vein using patient's height formula by Seldinger technique. Postprocedural (within 6 hours) chest radiograph will be used to evaluate the correct tip position from the Picture Archiving and Communication System. This formula was described by Peres. If the tip of the catheter is below the carina more than 1 cm, it will be pulled back for repositioning. If the tip of the catheter is above the carina more than 1 cm, another catheter will be inserted. The formula is height (cm)/10 for right internal jugular vein, height(cm)/10-2 for right subclavian vein, height(cm)/10+4 for left internal jugular vein and height(cm)/10+2 for left subclavian vein. Number of the correct and incorrect position of central venous catheter tips will be noted.

The investigators aim to evaluate the reliability and efficiency of Peres' formula for the correct tip position.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Central venous catheterization of patients, ages between 18 and 70

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient's refusal

• Pathology of carotid artery

• Anatomical deformity of the neck (scar, mass effect, multiple central venous catheterization)

• Chest deformities (pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Central Venous Catheter
• Internal Jugular Vein
• Radiography

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital	Izmir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (3)

Joshi AM, Bhosale GP, Parikh GP, Shah VR. Optimal positioning of right-sided internal jugular venous catheters: comparison of intra-atrial electrocardiography versus Peres' formula. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan;12(1):10-4. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.40943. — View Citation

Kujur R, Rao MS, Mrinal M. How correct is the correct length for central venous catheter insertion. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2009 Jul-Sep;13(3):159-62. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.58543. — View Citation

Salimi F, Imani MR, Ghasemi N, Keshavarzian A, Jazi AH. The mid-sternal length, a practical anatomical landmark for optimal positioning of long-term central venous catheters. J Res Med Sci. 2013 May;18(5):383-6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of correct position of central venous catheter tip	Central venous catheter tip should be placed at the superior vena cava and right atrium junction. This junction is defined as carina in anteroposterior chest x-ray imagining. Correct tip position is defined as 1 cm above and 1 cm below the carina.Postprocedural chest radiography will be used.	Within 6 hours after placement of central venous catheter