To compare a long axis approach versus short axis when placing peripheral IVs using ultrasound guidance.
Patients needing an USGPIV will be randomized into long or short axis orientation. Emergency Medicine residents will place the IV using an ultrasound.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
98
Comparing long and short axis approach to USGPIV access.
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
First pass success
USGPIV access
Time frame: 1 day
Number of attempts
USGPIV access
Time frame: 1 day
Overall success
USGPIV access
Time frame: 1 day
Time to completion
USGPIV access
Time frame: 1 day
Complications
USGPIV access
Time frame: 1 day
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