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Frailty and Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Catheterization Difficulty in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients

NCT07701538 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2026-07-14

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Summary

This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the association between preoperative frailty and the procedural difficulty of ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein catheterization in adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.

Frailty will be assessed using the Clinical Frailty Scale and handgrip strength measurements. Preprocedural ultrasound evaluation will include internal jugular vein anatomical characteristics such as anteroposterior and transverse vein diameters, cross-sectional area (CSA), common carotid artery diameter, skin-to-vein distance, overlap status, and sternocleidomastoid muscle thickness Catheterization difficulty will be assessed using the Gaber Procedural Difficulty Index.

The study seeks to determine whether frailty and ultrasound-derived anatomical parameters can predict difficult internal jugular venous catheterization and improve preprocedural risk assessment without altering routine clinical care.

Conditions

  • Frailty
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Central Venous Catheter

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization

Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein catheterization performed as part of routine perioperative clinical care in adult cardiac surgery patients. No additional study-specific intervention is performed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zeliha Aslı Demir, MD · Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-25
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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