Prospective Observational Study of Difficult Intravenous Access in the Operating Room

Ralph Beltran1,000 enrolled

Overview

This is an observational study only, where number of attempts to establish peripheral IV catheter placement will be recorded during procedures in all anesthetizing location on the main campus of Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,000

Conditions

Difficult Intravenous Access

Interventions

Recording number of IV attemptsOTHER

Recording number of IV attempts in the operating room

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 0-18 years of age * Having surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-existing IV upon arrival to the operating room

Locations (1)

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time it takes to insert an IV

Time frame: between 1 to 30 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Anticipated difficulty

Provider's prediction of how difficult it will be to start the IV on a Likert scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most difficult.

Time frame: Baseline

Actual difficulty

Provider's assessment of how difficult the actual IV insertion was on the same Likert scale.

Time frame: between 1 to 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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