• Takehito Otani, Yoshihiko Morikawa, Itaru Hayakawa, Yukari Atsumi, Kouki Tomari, Yutaro Tomobe, Kazuhiro Uda, Yu Funakoshi, Chiho Sakaguchi, Shizuka Nishimoto, and Hiroshi Hataya.
• Department of General Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, 183-8561 Fuchu-shi Musashidai 2-8-29, Tokyo, Japan. takehito_otani@yahoo.co.jp.
• Eur. J. Pediatr. 2018 Oct 1; 177 (10): 1443-1449.

AbstractThe usefulness of ultrasound guidance in peripheral intravenous access placement has yet to be established in children. In this prospective comparative study, we investigated success rates of intravenous access placement with ultrasound guidance in a pediatric emergency department. After a failed first attempt with the conventional technique, the second and third attempts were conducted using either the ultrasound guidance (a real-time, dual operator method) or the conventional technique. The success rates within the two interventional attempts were then compared. From a total of 712 participants, those with a failed first attempt were allocated to the ultrasound guidance (n = 99) and conventional technique (n = 100) groups. The success rate was significantly lower for the ultrasound guidance (65%) than for the conventional technique (84%) group (p = 0.002, chi-square test). This remained significant after adjusting for confounders with multiple logistic regression analysis (odds ratio 2.60, 95% confidence interval 1.26-5.37, p = 0.001).

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