Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Difficult IV Access

In brief

A randomized trial of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the placement of intravenous catheters in emergency patients who are found to have difficult intravenous access (defined as two failed attempts by nursing staff).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00692549

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

60

Starts

2005-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patients requiring an IV in the emergency department and who have two failed attempts by nursing staff

You may not qualify if…

• emergent need for IV access

Where it is running

• University of California — San Francisco, California, United States

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