Optimal site for ultrasound-guided venous catheterisation in paediatric patients: an observational study to investigate predictors for catheterisation success and a randomised controlled study to determine the most successful site

Jun Takeshita, Yoshinobu Nakayama, Yasufumi Nakajima, Daniel I Sessler, Satoru Ogawa, Teiji Sawa, Toshiki Mizobe, Jun Takeshita, Yoshinobu Nakayama, Yasufumi Nakajima, Daniel I Sessler, Satoru Ogawa, Teiji Sawa, Toshiki Mizobe

Abstract

Introduction: Venous catheterisation in paediatric patients can be technically challenging. We examined factors affecting catheterisation of invisible and impalpable peripheral veins in children and evaluated the best site for ultrasound-guided catheterisation.

Methods: Systolic pressure, age, sex, and American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status were determined in 96 children weighing less than 20 kg. Vein diameter and subcutaneous depth were measured with ultrasound. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the contribution of these factors to cannulation success with (n = 65) or without (n = 31) ultrasound guidance. Thereafter, we randomly assigned 196 patients for venous catheter insertion in the dorsal veins of the hand, the cephalic vein in the forearm, or the great saphenous vein. Success rates and vein diameters were evaluated by using Dunn tests; insertion time was evaluated by using Kaplan-Meier cumulative incidence analysis.

Results: Independent predictors of catheterisation were ultrasound guidance (odds ratio (OR) = 7.3, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0 to 26.0, P = 0.002), vein diameter (OR = 1.5 per 0.1 mm increase in diameter, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.0, P = 0.007), and ASA physical status (OR = 0.4 per status 1 increase, 95% CI 0.2 to 0.9, P = 0.03). Cephalic veins were significantly larger (cephalic diameter 1.8 mm, P = 0.001 versus saphenous 1.5 mm, P <0.001 versus dorsal 1.5 mm). Catheterisation success rates were significantly better at the cephalic vein than either the dorsal hand or saphenous vein (cephalic 95%, 95% CI 89% to 100%, P <0.001 versus dorsal 69%, 95% CI 56% to 82%, P = 0.03 versus saphenous 75%, 95% CI 64% to 86%).

Conclusions: The cephalic vein in the proximal forearm appears to be the most appropriate initial site for ultrasound-guided catheterisation in invisible and impalpable veins of paediatric patients.

Trial registry number: UMIN Clinical Trials Registry as UMIN000010961. Registered on 14 June 2013.

Figures

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Figure 1
Ultrasound-guided catheterisation for the cephalic vein in the proximal forearm. The 24-gauge catheter tip was visualized in the centre of the vein (arrow). White dots indicate 5-mm increments.
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Figure 2
Trial diagram for the observational study.
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Figure 3
Trial diagram for the randomised trial.
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Figure 4
Kaplan-Meier curves for catheterisation success time as a function of a puncture site. Ultrasound-guided catheterisation of the cephalic vein in the proximal forearm had the shortest catheterisation time (cephalic, P <0.001 versus saphenous and dorsal; saphenous, P = 0.31 versus dorsal, log-rank test). The median catheterisation times for the three groups were as follows: the cephalic group, 30 seconds; the saphenous group, 40 seconds; and the dorsal group, 47 seconds.

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