An Infraclavicular Landmark-based Approach to the Axillary Vein

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Critical Illness
• Interventions: Procedure: Catheterization of the axillary vein.

• Registration Number: NCT02083458
• Lead Sponsor: Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu

Brief Summary

The central line placement is the widespread procedure performed in the intensive care and emergency medicine. Indications for this procedure are chiefly lack of peripheral catheters, administration some medications, renal replacement therapy, parenteral nutrition and hemodynamic monitoring.

The procedure is performed by percutaneous puncture of large vein of the neck and the thorax - internal jugular vein or subclavian vein, then insertion of guidewire through the needle and placement of the catheter over the guidewire. The tip of the catheter is situated in the superior vena cava.

There are two techniques of catheterizations: landmark-based and ultrasound-guided. The most frequently cannulated veins in landmark-based approach are internal jugular and subclavian vein. The cannulation of the axillary vein is not common procedure in the intensive care unit, mainly due its complicated original technique.

The primary intention of this study was to describe and assess usefulness and safety of the new landmark-based technique of catheterization of the axillary vein in patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2012-12
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-11
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 153

Inclusion Criteria

• patients admitted to the intensive care unit with indications for central venous catheterization

Exclusion Criteria

• chest wall deformities at the cannulations side
• major hemostasis disorders
• infections at the catheterization site
• age less than 18 years
• lack of patients consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
axillary vein catheterization	Catheterization of the axillary vein.	Catheterization of the axillary vein based on anatomical landmark.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of successful catheterizations.	24 hours
Procedure success rate depending on physician experience.	24 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of early complications.	24 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Publiczny Samodzielny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Wojewodzkie Centrum Medyczne; 🇵🇱 Opole, Poland