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Variation In Success of Intravenous (IV) Placement With Observation Using New Techniques

NCT01133652 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 399

Last updated 2012-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children fear having an intravenous (IV) needle placed because of the pain that they will experience. The more needle punctures that a child has to endure before the IV is successfully placed, the greater the pain experienced and anxiety suffered. In addition, false starts increase the demands on medical staff and can increase the length of the emergency department stay. Often, veins are difficult to see or feel, particularly in an unwell, dehydrated child or in young infants who have more fat below the skin surface. Also, the venous pattern below the skin surface naturally varies from person to person and therefore success in placing IVs leaves room for improvement. Technology may be able to play an important role is improving the rates of success. The investigators wish to investigate whether the use of either an Ultrasound machine or a VeinViewer machine can improve the rate of success of the initial attempt (skin puncture) at peripheral IV placement in comparison to the current standard approach.

Conditions

  • Catheterization
  • Peripheral Phlebotomy

Interventions

DEVICE

Veinviewer

Veinviewer machine

DEVICE

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

OTHER

Conventional technique

Conventional IV placement by nurses

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah J Curtis, MD · Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics & Women and Children's Health Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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