Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Mar;36(3):200-205. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000926.
The usefulness of ultrasound-guided techniques for radial arterial catheterisation has been well identified; however, its usefulness has not been completely evaluated in infants under 12 months of age, who are generally considered the most difficult group for arterial catheterisation.
We evaluated whether ultrasound guidance would improve success rates and reduce the number of attempts at radial arterial catheterisation in infants.
A randomised, controlled and patient-blinded study.
Single-centre trial, study period from June 2016 to February 2017.
Seventy-four infants undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Patients were allocated randomly into either ultrasound-guided group (group US) or palpation-guided group (group P) (each n=37) according to the technique applied for radial arterial catheterisation. All arterial catheterisations were performed by one of two experienced anaesthesiologists based on group assignment and were recorded on video.
The primary endpoint was the first-pass success. The number of attempts and total duration of the procedure until successful catheterisation were also analysed.
The first-pass success rate was significantly higher in the group US than in the group P (68 vs. 38%, P = 0.019). In addition, fewer attempts were needed for successful catheterisation in the group US than in the group P (median 1 [IQR 1 to 2] vs. 2 [1 to 4], P = 0.023). However, the median [IQR] procedural time (s) until successful catheterisation in the two groups was not significantly different (102 [49 to 394] vs. 218 [73 to 600], P = 0.054).
The current study demonstrated that the ultrasound-guided technique for radial arterial catheterisation in infants effectively improved first-pass success rate and also reduced the number of attempts required.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02795468.
超声引导技术在桡动脉置管中的有效性已得到充分证实;然而,其在 12 个月以下婴儿中的有效性尚未完全评估,这些婴儿通常被认为是动脉置管最困难的群体。
我们评估超声引导是否会提高桡动脉置管的成功率并减少尝试次数。
随机、对照和患者盲法研究。
单中心试验,研究时间为 2016 年 6 月至 2017 年 2 月。
74 例行择期心脏手术的婴儿。
根据桡动脉置管所应用的技术,将患者随机分配到超声引导组(US 组)或触诊引导组(P 组)(每组 n=37)。所有动脉置管均由两位经验丰富的麻醉师之一根据分组进行操作,并录像记录。
主要终点是首次置管成功率。还分析了置管成功所需的尝试次数和总操作时间。
US 组的首次置管成功率明显高于 P 组(68%比 38%,P=0.019)。此外,US 组成功置管所需要的尝试次数也少于 P 组(中位数 1 [IQR 1 到 2]比 2 [1 到 4],P=0.023)。然而,两组之间成功置管所需的操作时间(秒)中位数差异无统计学意义(102 [49 到 394]比 218 [73 到 600],P=0.054)。
本研究表明,超声引导技术可有效提高桡动脉置管的首次置管成功率,并减少所需的尝试次数。
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02795468。