Table 4 Additional items assessed
From: Measuring competence in central venous catheterization: a systematic-review
Study | No. of additional items assessed | Items |
|---|---|---|
Blaivas and Adhikari (2009) | 1 | No. of times posterior wall penetrated |
Britt et al. (2009) | 1 | Average sticks to cannulation |
Carvalho (2007) | 2 | No. of attempts required to cannulate the vessel; |
Time from skin penetration to successful guidewire insertion and needle removal | ||
Dong et al. (2010) | 3 | Number of venipuncture attempts; |
Number of skin entries; | ||
Procedural time (from initial greeting of the ‘patient’ until successful catheterization) | ||
Evans and Dodge (2010) | 2 | Total number of attempts to cannulate vein with large bore needle; |
Time to completion | ||
Huang et al. (2009) | 1 | Number of passes |
Kilbourne et al. (2009) | 2 | Number of insertion attempts; |
Number of unsuccessful failure | ||
Lee et al. (2009) | 2 | Number of attempts; |
Time needle touches skin and time vessel successfully puncture | ||
Millington et al. (2009) | 3 | Number of attempts to locate the vein; |
Number of attempts to insert the catheter; | ||
Total time for procedure | ||
Murphy et al. (2008) | 1 | Time taken to complete the procedure |
Stone et al. (2010) | 1 | Time from first synthetic skin puncture until “flash”;1 |
Velmahos et al. (2004) | 3 | Number of attempts to locate the vein; |
Number of attempts to insert the catheter; | ||
Time to complete procedure. | ||
Wall et al. (2005) | 2 | List all sites where insertion was attempted; |
How many different needle sticks did the patient receive (number of skin breaks)? |