A study to compare the effect of normal saline and heparinized saline in maintaining patency of arterial catheter in Pediatric intensive care unit
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/05/033438
- Lead Sponsor
- KKCTH CHILDS TRUST MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIO
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 92
Inclusion Criteria
1. peripheral arterial catheters inserted in PICU and kept for atleast 12 hours
2. child needing arterial catheter as a part of management
Exclusion Criteria
1. hypersensitivity to heparin
2. patient with known bleeding or coagulation disorder
3. patient treated with anticoagulant or fibrinolytic medications
4. external transfer with a peripheral arterial catheter insitu or required an emergency out of hours Peripheral arterial catheter insertion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of non-patency (occlusion) of arterial catheters in each treatment groupTimepoint: Each arterial catheter was observed and data was collected for a maximum of 120 hours from the time of insertion of catheter.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean duration of patency of arterial catheters in each treatment groupTimepoint: Each arterial catheter was observed and data was collected for a maximum of 120 hours from the time of insertion of catheter.