sing ultrasound to guide placement of a tube in a vein in the arm or leg

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Effects of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access protocol on first attempt success rate, overall success rate, and number of attempts in patients with difficult peripheral intravenous access.; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18025891
• Lead Sponsor: Taiwan Nurses Association

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-11-30
• Study Start: 2022-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 17 January 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

1. Volunteers with difficult intravenous access: This study used the difficult intravenous access score (Benkhadra et al., 2012) to evaluate the degree of difficult intravenous access of the participants, with a score of 1 indicating visible and palpable veins, a score of 2 indicating visible but impalpable veins, a score of 3 indicating invisible but palpable veins, and a score of 4 indicating invisible and impalpable veins. Those with an evaluation score result of 3 or 4 were classified as having difficult intravenous access
2. Adults aged over 20 years, without visual, hearing, or mental disorders
3. Those who were alert and conscious and can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
4. Those who are literate with at least an elementary education

Exclusion Criteria

1. Peripheral neurovascular disorders
2. Peripheral local tissue inflammatory diseases
3. Contraindications of peripheral intravenous access

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified