First-Attempt Success in Ultrasound-Guided vs Standard Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion: The EPIC Superiority Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pediatric peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion can be difficult and time-consuming, frequently requiring multiple insertion attempts and often resulting in increased anxiety, distress, and treatment avoidance among children and their families. Ultrasound-guided PIVC insertion is a superior alternative to standard technique (palpation and visualization) in high-risk patients.

Objective

To compare first-time insertion success of PIVCs inserted with ultrasound guidance compared with standard technique (palpation and visualization) across all risk categories in the general pediatric hospital population.

Design, setting, and participants

An open-label, pragmatic, superiority, randomized clinical trial was conducted in an Australian quaternary pediatr

SUBMITTER: Kleidon TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773401 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature