Ultrasound Guided IV Access in a Pediatric Emergency Department

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Conditions studied: Difficult Intravenous Access in Pediatrics

In brief

The primary objective is to determine whether the use of ultrasound guidance compared to standard IV access improves the proportion of successful IV placement on a first attempt for children in a pediatric emergency department who have predicted difficult access by a validated score. Secondary objectives include determining whether ultrasound-guided IV access lowers the overall number of IV attempts and/or reduces time to IV access. The investigators will also examine the duration of IV access and any complications related to IV access in both the traditional and ultrasound guided IV access group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02125552

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

163

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2017-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-15

Who can join

Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Emergency department patients ages 0-18 years
• Requiring IV access as determined by emergency department attending physician
• Predicted difficult IV access as defined by a revised DIVA score >3

You may not qualify if…

• Unstable patients triaged as a Level 1 triage acuity
• Patients who refuse IV access
• Non-English speaking parent/guardian
• No study team member available to enroll patient
• Parent/guardian does not consent
• Allergy to ultrasound gel

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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