This study aims to investigate whether point-of-care (POC) analysis of intraosseous (IO) blood samples from critically ill emergency patients are accurate enough for emergency decision making, in comparison with arterial point-of-care samples.
Intravenous access is sometimes difficult to achieve due to vasoconstriction or centralization of circulation. Feasible IO-access with power-driven device is a standard alternative method of vascular access for critically ill patients. It is still unclear whether results of IO samples agree with venous or arterial blood samples so that they could be used in clinical decision-making. After intraosseous access has been established for fluid resuscitation or medication, a common practice is to aspirate a small amount of blood to verify the proper location of the IO-needle. POC-testing can provide emergency physicians or paramedics with important information about the patients. Could bone marrow samples be used for POC-testing instead of arterial or venous blood for emergency treatment decision-making or patient allocation? Several animal and human studies have been published to investigate the correlation between IO versus venous or arterial blood values. Investigators of this study have performed a study in healthy volunteers and discovered that there is a good agreement for some laboratory parameters (pH, gluc, lact), but for K the agreement is poor. Our study group has as well performed a study in critically ill animals investigating the agreement during cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Te evidence about critically ill people is still week. Aim of this study is to analyze the reliability of analysis of IO samples compared to arterial blood samples within critically ill adult emergency patients. The hypotheses of this study are: 1. Principally, it is possible to analyze IO blood samples with a POC device. 2. The results are reliable enough to guide emergency treatment. If both hypotheses prove to be true, the method can be immediately used in emergency medical situations, e.g. in searching for reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Setting Prospective, observational study with 35 prehospital emergency patients. The IO-samples are collected from the small amount of blood, which is aspirated from intraosseous space to confirm the correct needle placement. The IO needles are inserted to the patients for emergency treatment, not because of the study. Critically ill patients, to whom emergency doctors are inserting an intraosseous needle for emergency fluid or drug treatment, are included in the study. Samples will be analyzed by using an i-STAT point of care analyzer (i-STAT® handheld, Abbot Point of Care Inc. U.S.A) using CG8+ cartridges to analyse Hb, Na, K, pH, pCO2, pO2, TCO2, HCO3, BE, and SpO2. The reliability of the results comparing the IO and arterial samples will be tested with Bland-Altman method by calculating the bias with 95% confidence intervals. Ethical issues The ethical committee of Medical Faculty of University of Helsinki has approved the research. Informed consent is waived. Time plan The samples will be collected during years 2017 - 2019. The analysis will be performed in the end of the year 2019.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
35
POC analysis with i-STAT POC analyser from the intraosseous and arterial blood
FinnHEMS10, Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital
Vantaa, Finland
agreement between intraosseous (IO) and arterial POC analyses
agreement analysed with Bland-Altman method from IO and arterial blood samples, which have been analysed with iSTAT point-of care analyser for following parameters: Hb, pH, BE, HCO3, pO2, pCO2, glucose, Na, K, iCa
Time frame: Samples are analysed immediately after the sample has been taken. Statistical analysis about the agreement performed when the whole data has been collected.
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