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Radial ABG Sampling: A RCT of Lidocaine Local Anaesthesia

NCT02125565 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2014-04-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) sampling is a common procedure in all hospitals worldwide. Often, ABG samples are obtain from inserting a needle into the radial artery at the wrist - this procedure is often painful and dreaded by patients. Therefore, some doctors use local anaesthetic but others argue that it makes the procedure more difficult and causes pain itself. The use of local anaesthetic costs approximately £1 per injection and when thousands of ABGs are performed per month, the cost is easily appreciable. However, there is no good research to guide clinicians in the use or omission of local anaesthetic for ABGs. This is the first randomised clinical trial to assess the efficacy of injected local anaesthetic on the perceived pain of radial artery puncture.

Conditions

  • Vascular Access

Interventions

OTHER

Injected subcutaneous local (lidocaine) anaesthesia

Trial of technique

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mr Ryckie George Wade

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ryckie G Wade, MBBS MClinEd MRCS FHEA · James Paget Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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