Blood Sampling Through Peripheral Venous Catheter in Infants

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Blood Sampling Through Peripheral Venous Catheter for Selected Basic Analytes in Infants

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

We hypothesize that peripheral venous catheter used for fluid administration can replace venipuncture blood sampling for selected basic analytes and thus reduce pain in infants under 2 years of age.

Clinical Trial Description

Multiple venipunctures in hospitalized children result in physical and emotional distress. Recently, we have found that blood sampling via peripheral venous catheter used for fluid administration in children significantly reduces pain and, except for glucose, can replace venipuncture for determining complete blood count and basic chemistry analytics, including white and red blood cell counts, hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin level, red blood cell distribution width, platelet count, mean platelet volume, and sodium, potassium, chloride, and urea levels (Berger-Achituv S, Budde-Schwartzman B. Ellis MH, Shenkman Z. Erez I. Blood Sampling through Peripheral Venous Catheters for Selected Basic Analytes in Children. Pediatrics. In press).

The goal of this study is to investigate whether blood sampling via peripheral venous catheter used for fluid administration can significantly reduces pain and replace venipuncture for determining complete blood count and basic chemistry analytics in infants under 2 years of age. ;

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain

• NCT number: NCT01119911
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Meir Medical Center
• Contact: Erez Ilan, MD
• Phone: 972-9-7472344
• Email: erezi@clalit.org.il
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2010
• Completion date: June 2012