To find out whether it is easier to place a plastic needle (catheter) in the Dorsalis Pedis Artery or in the Posterior Tibial Artery of the foot
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 220
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I and II patients
Patients requiring invasive blood pressure monitoring
Exclusion Criteria
Patientâ??s refusal to participate
Skin erosions near the insertion site
Diabetes mellitus, insufficient compensatory blood flow, Raynaud syndrome, coagulopathy and other vascular diseases
Obesity defined by body mass index >30 kg/m2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the first attempt success rates of arterial cannulation using the conventional palpatory method between the Dorsalis Pedis Artery and the Posterior Tibial ArteryTimepoint: Immidiatly after attempting arterial cannulation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Number of attempts taken for successful cannulation <br/ ><br>2)Time taken for successful cannulation(T1) <br/ ><br>3)Incidences of complications like digital ischaemia, thrombosis, haemmorhage and haematoma formation, infection, abnormal skin colour, or neurologic examinations <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1)Immidiately after succesful intraarterial cannulation <br/ ><br>2)Immidiately after confirming succesful arterial cannulation <br/ ><br>3)upto fifth post operative day