Ultrasound Guided Arterial Puncture: a Prospective, Blinded, Randomised Controlled Trial.

Odense University Hospital1 site in 1 country238 target enrollmentJuly 2012

ConditionsArterial Puncture

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Arterial Puncture
Sponsor: Odense University Hospital
Enrollment: 238
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: The proportion of patients who only needs one puncture attempt in order to successfully extract enough blood to make an arterial blood gas analysis
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 2012

End Date

August 2013

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Odense University Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Christian Borbjerg Laursen

Principal investigator

Odense University Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The proportion of patients who only needs one puncture attempt in order to successfully extract enough blood to make an arterial blood gas analysis

Time Frame: up to 1 hour after arterial puncture

Secondary Outcomes

Time used for arterial puncture(up to 1 hour after arterial puncture)
Patient corporation(up to 1 hour after arterial puncture)
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)