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Ultrasound Guided Arterial Puncture

NCT01660724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 238

Last updated 2013-08-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main purpose of the study is to evaluate whether the routine use of ultrasound guided arterial puncture can increase the proportion of patients who only needs one puncture attempt in order to successfully extract enough blood to make an arterial blood gas analysis, when ultrasound guided arterial puncture is compared to conventional arterial puncture technique.

Conditions

  • Arterial Puncture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound guided arterial puncture

Arterial puncture is performed using simultaneously ultrasound in order to guide the passage of the syringe from the patient's skin to the artery

PROCEDURE

Conventional arterial puncture technique

Arterial puncture is performed using the conventional technique

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Odense University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian B Laursen, MD · Odense Universityhospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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