Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025
Real-time ultrasound to assess the umbilical catheter position in neonates: a randomized, controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Visualizing an Umbilical Venous Catheter in Malposition Using POCUS.POCUS journal · 2026Article
- Reducing umbilical catheter migration rate by introducing regular POCUS assessment: a quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- A step towards the expansion of neonatal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- The Umbilical Cord Clamp Method-Procedural Description and Safety Assessment of a Novel Method of Umbilical Catheter Fixation After Side Entry Insertion.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Echocardiographic Determination of Umbilical Catheter Tip Location Mitigates Complications: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound-guided resuscitation and transport of an extremely premature infant in a pre-hospital setting: a case report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Real-time ultrasound guidance improves neonatal umbilical venous catheter placement efficiency and reduces liver complications.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare real-time ultrasound (RT-US) use as an adjunct tool to verify umbilical catheter placement versus standard care without ultrasound. STUDY
designNeonates requiring umbilical venous catheter (UVC) and umbilical artery catheter (UAC) placement were randomized into the standard formula (No-US) and the RT-US groups. X-rays were used to confirm the catheter position.
resultFifty and forty-nine neonates were in the RT-US and No-US groups, respectively. RT- US showed a significantly higher rate of initial X-ray-confirmed proper catheter position than No-US (p < 0.001). The rates of proper positions of UVCs and UACs were significantly higher in the RT-US group than in the No-US group (both p < 0.001). Neonates in the RT-US group required fewer catheter adjustments and subsequent X-rays than those in the No-US group.
conclusionRT-US enhances the accuracy of UVC and UAC placement, reduces catheter adjustments, and the number of X-rays required.
trial registrationTCTR20190622001.
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