NCT05298137

Passive Leg Raise for Pediatric Peripheral IV Placement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 234 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Saskatchewan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators hypothesize peripheral intravenous cannulation (insertion of tube into vein) will be facilitated (decreases the number of attempts) by a passive leg raise (raising the legs at the hip to 45 degree in a child laying on their back) in children.

Detailed description

Establishing peripheral intravenous (PIV) access in the pediatric population is challenging even in the hands of skilled practitioners. A passive leg raise (PLR), raising a patient's legs to a 45 degree angle while supine, auto-transfuses the blood volume within the patient's lower extremities into the central venous compartment. Increasing the blood volume in the central venous compartment may also increase the volume and caliber of upper extremity peripheral veins. It remains to be studied whether a PLR increases peripheral vein diameter and if this would facilitate the placement of PIVs in the pediatric population.

Conditions

• Anesthesia
• Children, Only

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Passive Leg Raise	A passive leg raise (PLR) is defined as raising a patient's legs to a 45-degree angle at the hip while supine.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-10
• Primary completion: 2022-07-30
• Completion: 2022-07-30
• First posted: 2022-03-28
• Last updated: 2022-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada