Evaluation of a new vessel imaging system to support venous cannulation in children prior to elective, non-cardiac surgery in patients with a dark skin color.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Infrared, Venous cannulation, Vessel visualization, Venipuncture
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23953
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 110
Inclusion Criteria
All consecutive patients aged less than 18 years, undergoing elective, non-cardiac surgery in a primary general hospital at Curacao in the Caribbean will be included in the present trial.
Exclusion Criteria
N/A
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study parameter is success at first attempt (defined as the percentage of procedures in which the venous cannulation succeeded at the first attempt. An attempt is a penetration with a needle through the skin.)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Number of punctures;<br /><br>2. Time to successful cannulation, if the procedure succeeded or not and if the VL was helpful or not. Timing starts at the moment the first attempt is made to search for a suitable vessel, by palpating or looking (with the system in use, looking with the system) and ends at the moment the line is flushed.