A study to find out the easier approach to insert a intravenous catheter below the collarbone in two arm positions (shoulder placed near to the body and 90 degree away from the body)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 2- Placement
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I - IV patients, aged 18 years and above, requiring central venous cannulation for hemodynamic monitoring, administration of vasopressors, chemotherapeutic agents, parenteral nutrition, longâ??term therapy with antibiotics and patients with difficult peripheral venous access.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with rib/clavicle or upper limb fractures, restriction of shoulder movements, those who have undergone thoracic surgeries, patients with respiratory disorders, patients with difficult sonoanatomy (when the vein cannot be visualised under ultrasound guidance), coagulopathy, infection at the site of cannulation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the first pass success rate of guidewire placement into infraclavicular axillary vein in two different arm positionsTimepoint: At the time of cannulation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Catheter tip malpositions into Internal Jugular Vein and Brachiocephalic VeinTimepoint: At the time of cannulation;Complications- arterial punctureTimepoint: At the time of cannulation;Distance from Coracoid process to midpoint of Sternoclavicular NotchTimepoint: At the end of cannulation;Distance from midpoint of Supraclavicular Notch to catheter entry site in Adduction and AbductionTimepoint: At the end of cannulation;Failure in the allocated groupTimepoint: At the time of cannulation;Incidence of pneumothoraxTimepoint: At the end of cannulation;Number of attempts in the allocated groupTimepoint: At the time of cannulation