Effects of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access protocol on first attempt success rate, overall success rate, and number of attempts in patients with difficult peripheral intravenous access. Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
This study was a non-blinded, randomized crossover study. Convenient sampling was applied to enroll 36 adult volunteers with the problem of difficult peripheral intravenous access (with a score of 3 o
Sponsors
Taiwan Nurses Association
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Volunteers with difficult intravenous access: This study used the difficult intravenous access score (Benkhadra et al., 2012) to evaluate the degree of difficult intravenous access of the participants, with a score of 1 indicating visible and palpable veins, a score of 2 indicating visible but impalpable veins, a score of 3 indicating invisible but palpable veins, and a score of 4 indicating invisible and impalpable veins. Those with an evaluation score result of 3 or 4 were classified as having difficult intravenous access 2. Adults aged over 20 years, without visual, hearing, or mental disorders 3. Those who were alert and conscious and can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese 4. Those who are literate with at least an elementary education
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Peripheral neurovascular disorders 2. Peripheral local tissue inflammatory diseases 3. Contraindications of peripheral intravenous access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Data collected during the injection process: 1. First attempt success rate 2. Overall success rate 3. Number of attempts | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Data collected during the injection process: 1. Procedure time 2. Side effect incidence rate | — |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed