Ultrasound Guided Arterial Puncture
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Arterial Puncture
- Registration Number
- NCT01660724
- Lead Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
- Brief Summary
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate whether the routine use of ultrasound guided arterial puncture can increase the proportion of patients who only needs one puncture attempt in order to successfully extract enough blood to make an arterial blood gas analysis, when ultrasound guided arterial puncture is compared to conventional arterial puncture technique.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 238
Inclusion Criteria
- Patient admitted or treated in the acute emergency department
- Indication for a arterial blood gas analysis, according to the physician responsible for the patient's hospital stay / treatment
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient age < 16 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion of patients who only needs one puncture attempt in order to successfully extract enough blood to make an arterial blood gas analysis up to 1 hour after arterial puncture
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time used for arterial puncture up to 1 hour after arterial puncture Patient corporation up to 1 hour after arterial puncture Patient corporation is subjectively estimated by the physician performing the arterial puncture. The degree of patient corporation are assessed on a scale from 1 - 5, where 1 is very poor patient corporation and 5 is perfect patient corporation.
Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale Up to 1 hour after arterial puncture Number of attempts before successfully acquiring arterial puncture up to 1 hour after arterial puncture
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Odense University Hospital
🇩🇰Odense, Fyn, Denmark
Odense University Hospital🇩🇰Odense, Fyn, Denmark