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CompletedNCT00692549

Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult IV Access: a Randomized Trial.

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (actual)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

A randomized trial of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the placement of intravenous catheters in emergency patients who are found to have difficult intravenous access (defined as two failed attempts by nursing staff).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEultrasound

Timeline

Start date
2005-06-01
Primary completion
2005-08-01
Completion
2005-08-01
First posted
2008-06-06
Last updated
2008-06-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00692549. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.