POC Analysis of IO Blood Samples Within Critically Ill Patients

NCT ID: NCT03746496

Last Updated: 2019-03-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-03

Study Completion Date

2019-01-29

Brief Summary

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This study aims to investigate whether point-of-care (POC) analysis of intraosseous (IO) blood samples from critically ill emergency patients are accurate enough for emergency decision making, in comparison with arterial point-of-care samples.

Detailed Description

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Intravenous access is sometimes difficult to achieve due to vasoconstriction or centralization of circulation. Feasible IO-access with power-driven device is a standard alternative method of vascular access for critically ill patients. It is still unclear whether results of IO samples agree with venous or arterial blood samples so that they could be used in clinical decision-making.

After intraosseous access has been established for fluid resuscitation or medication, a common practice is to aspirate a small amount of blood to verify the proper location of the IO-needle.

POC-testing can provide emergency physicians or paramedics with important information about the patients. Could bone marrow samples be used for POC-testing instead of arterial or venous blood for emergency treatment decision-making or patient allocation?

Several animal and human studies have been published to investigate the correlation between IO versus venous or arterial blood values. Investigators of this study have performed a study in healthy volunteers and discovered that there is a good agreement for some laboratory parameters (pH, gluc, lact), but for K the agreement is poor. Our study group has as well performed a study in critically ill animals investigating the agreement during cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Te evidence about critically ill people is still week.

Aim of this study is to analyze the reliability of analysis of IO samples compared to arterial blood samples within critically ill adult emergency patients.

The hypotheses of this study are:

1. Principally, it is possible to analyze IO blood samples with a POC device.
2. The results are reliable enough to guide emergency treatment.

If both hypotheses prove to be true, the method can be immediately used in emergency medical situations, e.g. in searching for reversible causes of cardiac arrest.

Setting

Prospective, observational study with 35 prehospital emergency patients. The IO-samples are collected from the small amount of blood, which is aspirated from intraosseous space to confirm the correct needle placement. The IO needles are inserted to the patients for emergency treatment, not because of the study. Critically ill patients, to whom emergency doctors are inserting an intraosseous needle for emergency fluid or drug treatment, are included in the study.

Samples will be analyzed by using an i-STAT point of care analyzer (i-STAT® handheld, Abbot Point of Care Inc. U.S.A) using CG8+ cartridges to analyse Hb, Na, K, pH, pCO2, pO2, TCO2, HCO3, BE, and SpO2. The reliability of the results comparing the IO and arterial samples will be tested with Bland-Altman method by calculating the bias with 95% confidence intervals.

Ethical issues

The ethical committee of Medical Faculty of University of Helsinki has approved the research. Informed consent is waived.

Time plan

The samples will be collected during years 2017 - 2019. The analysis will be performed in the end of the year 2019.

Conditions

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Critically Ill

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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pre-hospital emergency patients

Patient in a need of an IO-access. Patient in a need of point-of-care laboratory analysis. Over 18 years. Alive (no Cardiac arrest.)

point-of-care laboratory analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

POC analysis with i-STAT POC analyser from the intraosseous and arterial blood

Interventions

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point-of-care laboratory analysis

POC analysis with i-STAT POC analyser from the intraosseous and arterial blood

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* need for point-of-care analysis
* need for intraosseous access

Exclusion Criteria

* cardiac arrest
* ability to understand the consent issues in Finnish, Swedish or English
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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FinnHEMS Oy

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helsinki University Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jouni Nurmi, MD

Docent

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jouni Nurmi, M.D. Ph D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Helsinki, Helsinki University hospital

Locations

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FinnHEMS10, Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital

Vantaa, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Jousi M, Laukkanen-Nevala P, Nurmi J. Analysing blood from intraosseous access: a systematic review. Eur J Emerg Med. 2019 Apr;26(2):77-85. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000569.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 30124518 (View on PubMed)

Jousi M, Saikko S, Nurmi J. Intraosseous blood samples for point-of-care analysis: agreement between intraosseous and arterial analyses. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2017 Sep 11;25(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s13049-017-0435-4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28893316 (View on PubMed)

Backman S, Angerman-Haasmaa S, Jousi M, Siitonen S, Salmela K. ABO and D typing and alloantibody screening in marrow samples: relevance to intraosseous blood transfusion. Transfusion. 2018 Jun;58(6):1372-1376. doi: 10.1111/trf.14557. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29492974 (View on PubMed)

Tallman CI, Darracq M, Young M. Analysis of intraosseous blood samples using an EPOC point of care analyzer during resuscitation. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;35(3):499-501. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.12.005. Epub 2016 Dec 12.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27998615 (View on PubMed)

Veldhoen ES, de Vooght KM, Slieker MG, Versluys AB, Turner NM. Analysis of bloodgas, electrolytes and glucose from intraosseous samples using an i-STAT((R)) point-of-care analyser. Resuscitation. 2014 Mar;85(3):359-63. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 31.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24389357 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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