Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.

Difficult IV Access Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult IV Access: a Randomized Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00692549
• Other study ID #: RandomizedIVUS
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 4, 2008
• Last updated: June 5, 2008
• Start date: June 2005
• Est. completion date: August 2005

Study information

• Verified date: June 2008
• Source: University of California, San Francisco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized trial of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the placement of intravenous catheters in emergency patients who are found to have difficult intravenous access (defined as two failed attempts by nursing staff).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 2005
• Est. primary completion date: August 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients requiring an IV in the emergency department and who have two failed attempts by nursing staff

Exclusion Criteria:

• emergent need for IV access

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Difficult IV Access
• Emergencies

Intervention

Device:
• ultrasound

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Francisco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of IV Attempts			Yes
Secondary	Time to placement of IV catheter			Yes