Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Difficult IV Access
- Interventions
- Device: ultrasound
- Registration Number
- NCT00692549
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Brief 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).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
- patients requiring an IV in the emergency department and who have two failed attempts by nursing staff
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Exclusion Criteria
- emergent need for IV access
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Ultrasound ultrasound use of ultrasound
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of IV Attempts
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to placement of IV catheter
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States