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Ultrasound Assisted Puncture of AV Fistulas in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

NCT02085486 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2023-01-30

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Summary

The puncture of the vascular access in hemodialysis patients remains challenging even in the hands of experienced dialysis nurses. Unsuccessful punctures are associated with resource wastage, traumatism of the AV shunts, shortening of the effective dialysis time and poor patient satisfaction.

The use of ultrasound by emergency department nurses and technicians without prior ultrasound experience in patients with difficult intravenous access showed in several studies to be very efficient. The investigators expect to achieve similar results in cannulation of AV shunts by the dialysis nurse staff after a short learning program.

To show this, the investigators aim to conduct a trail where standard cannulation technique (inspection, palpation) will be compared with the ultrasound-assisted method in terms of efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction.

Conditions

  • Dialysis
  • Fistula

Interventions

DEVICE

Ultrasound-assisted puncture

Portable ultrasound device

OTHER

Standard

Standard inspection, palpation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert M Kalicki, MD · Universitätsklinik für Nephrologie, Hypertonie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Inselspital Bern

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-31
Primary Completion
2018-05-31
Completion
2018-05-31

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