Evaluation of the AccuVein ® AV 300 vein scanner in clinical routine in a pediatric operation room setting for a 4 weeks period. Assessment of usability, anonymous clinical register of every venepuncture(age, gender, size, weight, punction site, number of attempts, time until successful cannulation, local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, pain scales: faces pain scale und BPS/BPOS).
For application of drugs and liquids a peripheral venous access is necessary in anaesthesiological procedures.The peripheral venepuncture is a painful procedure and induces a higher level of perioperative stress in children. The punction of peripheral veins in children can be made difficult by the often distinctive amount of subcutaneous fat or other medical conditions. The AccuVein ® AV300 vein scanner is a contactless, laser-driven device made for facilitate the search for peripheral veins up to a depth of 7mm. This could lead to a minimization of time until successful puncture and smaller number of failures.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
238
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
time until completion of procedure
minutes until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein
Time frame: Day 1
number of attempts until completion of procedure
number of attempts until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein
Time frame: Day 1
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