Difficult Intravenous Access
Conditions
Brief summary
This is an observational study only, where number of attempts to establish peripheral IV catheter placement will be recorded during procedures in all anesthetizing location on the main campus of Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Interventions
OTHERRecording number of IV attempts
Recording number of IV attempts in the operating room
Sponsors
Ralph Beltran
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients 0-18 years of age * Having surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Exclusion criteria
* Pre-existing IV upon arrival to the operating room
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time it takes to insert an IV | between 1 to 30 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anticipated difficulty | Baseline | Provider's prediction of how difficult it will be to start the IV on a Likert scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most difficult. |
| Actual difficulty | between 1 to 30 minutes | Provider's assessment of how difficult the actual IV insertion was on the same Likert scale. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed