Impact of Radial Arterial Location on Arterial Catheter Lifetime in Surgical Intensive Care

Poitiers University Hospital137 enrolled

Overview

Dysfunctions radial arterial catheter are frequent. This was a prospective, randomized observational study monocentric in ICU in France. Patients are randomized in 2 groups : One to less than 4 four centimeters to the wrist joint (Group A) and the other, to more than four centimeters to the wrist joint. (Group B). The primary outcome was the incidence of catheter dysfunction (defined by the impossibility of taking blood from the catheter and / or the impossibility having a reliable blood pressure curve). Investigators compared also the incidence of infection, satisfaction of doctors and nurses, the numbers of days with catheter and the cause of withdrawal.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

137

Conditions

Dysfunctions Arterial Catheter

Interventions

catheter insertion one to less than 4 four centimeters to the wrist joint (Group A) and the other, to more than four centimeters to the wrist joint. (Group B)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * all patients admitted in ICU, older than 18 years and who required an arterial catheter are include

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the incidence of dysfunction motivating catheter removal as a function of the distance from the carpal radio joint.

The dysfunction is defined by the impossibility of taking blood from the catheter and / or the impossibility having a reliable blood pressure curve

Time frame: through study completion- 2 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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