Prospective Observational Study of Difficult Intravenous Access in the Operating Room

Completed

• Conditions: Difficult Intravenous Access
• Interventions: Other: Recording number of IV attempts

• Registration Number: NCT03591016
• Lead Sponsor: Ralph Beltran

Brief Summary

This is an observational study only, where number of attempts to establish peripheral IV catheter placement will be recorded during procedures in all anesthetizing location on the main campus of Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-20
• Study Start: 2018-07-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-17
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-08
• Study Completion: 2020-12-08
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients 0-18 years of age
• Having surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Pre-existing IV upon arrival to the operating room

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Difficult intravenous access	Recording number of IV attempts	Recording number of IV attempts in the operating room prior to surgery start.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time it takes to insert an IV	between 1 to 30 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anticipated difficulty	Baseline	Provider's prediction of how difficult it will be to start the IV on a Likert scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most difficult.
Actual difficulty	between 1 to 30 minutes	Provider's assessment of how difficult the actual IV insertion was on the same Likert scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nationwide Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States