CompletedNot Applicable

Evaluation of Electrocardiographic Guidance in Accurate Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Placement in Children.

United States60 participantsStarted 2016-01

Plain-language summary

This study will enroll up to 192 children less than 18 years of age, who will receive electrocardiographic guidance for placement of a PICC in addition to radiography done as standard care. The investigators will determine the location of the PICC tip from both ECG and radiograph, and then measure the degree of correlation between the two methods.

Who can participate

Age range17 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age from birth to 17 years in need of a PICC as part of the medical treatment plan * Suitable for an upper extremity PICC placement * Hemodynamically stable, including patients stable on vasopressors Exclusion Criteria: * Hemodynamic instability * Cardiac abnormality which leads to abnormal p-wave on ECG * Arrhythmia at baseline, documented duirng the current hospital admission * Presence of pacemaker or pacing wires which are currently actively pacing * Patients who have undergone reconstructive cardiac surgery and/or have anatomic variance that would affect the location of the sinoatrial node in relation to the superior vena cava * Premature neonate (\<37 weeks estimated gestational age) * Placement of PICC in lower extremity

What they're measuring

Number of Participants With Successful Placement of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)

Timeframe: Less than 24 hours

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02324504

SponsorBoston Children's Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-12

Results submitted2018-02-22

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