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BACKGROUND: The intraosseous route (IOR) is a rehabilitated vascular access in emergency situations. Its indications and duration are defined, although the age limit at which it is usable is not clearly established. CASE REPORT: A 34-week-old preterm neonate, without infection, receiving gastric gavage, developed, at 8 days of life, a severe septic shock requiring ventilatory support and emergency volume expansion via a subclavian catheter. During the chest X-ray to check its position, the catheter was unfortunately pulled out. The child presented an acute desaturation with bradycardia, requiring bag ventilation and endotracheal epinephrine. The umbilical vein being unusable, an intraosseous access (20 G, distal hole, Cook) was performed at the upper tibial level to continue resuscitation and left in place for 14 hours to infuse antibiotics, inotropic support, blood products and colloids. Blood cultures grew Klebsiella pneumoniae. After a severe initial phase, course was favorable with normal examination at 3 years without complication of the IOR. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, it is the youngest child in whom IOR was performed. For neonates and especially preterms, the site of puncture is just below the tibial superior tuberosity, otherwise there is a risk of fracture of the diaphysis. This risk justifies the control of the IOR by X-ray. The place of the IOR among emergency vascular accesses in neonates, seems to us to be reserved to situations when umbilical vein is unusable. CONCLUSION: Although no study compared IOR to superior longitudinal sinus access, we suggest to reserve the sinus access only when IOR has failed, because of its potential cerebral complications.
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In recent years, the intraosseous technique has dramatically improved the speed at which vascular access may be achieved in critically ill children, and adenosine has been shown to rapidly convert supraventricular tachycardia to normal sinus rhythm. Until now, no report has demonstrated that this drug may be effectively given by this route in human beings. This case report describes the successful termination of supraventricular tachycardia in an infant with the intraosseous administration of adenosine.
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Intraosseous administration of resuscitation medications and fluids in preterm and term neonates is an alternative when intravascular access is not possible with intravenous catheters or needles. Intraosseous access is rarely needed in neonates because of the availability of clinicians with expert technical skills for placement of intravenous catheters in neonatal ICUs, the presence of the umbilical vein during the first days after birth when most resuscitations occur, and the predominance of resuscitations being responsive to positive-pressure ventilation alone. Intraosseous access is most likely to be needed in out-of-hospital settings and in hospitalized infants without intravenous access who have vascular collapse secondary to shock or when clinicians responsible for vascular access during resuscitations are more skilled in intraosseous access than intravenous access.
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OBJECTIVE: Emergency medical technician-basic (EMT-B) providers are not trained to establish vascular or intraosseous (IO) access on critically ill patients. This study was conducted to examine the feasibility of training EMT-B students to correctly place a commercial sternal IO infusion device (FAST-1). METHODS: Twenty-nine EMT-B students attended a two-hour training session. Subjects were subsequently tested in FAST-1 application using a modified resuscitation mannequin permitting IO needle deployment. Two observers assessed correct IO application and technique. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics (binomial proportions and medians with 95% confidence intervals). Inter-rater agreement of observations was evaluated using kappa statistics and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). RESULTS: Inter-rater agreement ranged from fair to excellent (kappa = 0.37-1.00) for all parameters except sternal notch identification (kappa = -0.03). Reliabilities of elapsed times were good (ICC = 0.83, 0.31). Correct identification of the sternal notch was accomplished by 28 of 29 students (96.6%; 95% CI: 82.2-99.9%). Correct application of the IO target patch was achieved by 29 of 29 (100.0%; 88.1-100.0%). First-attempt successful IO needle deployment was achieved by 16 of 29 (55.2%; 35.7-73.6%). Overall successful IO needle deployment within four attempts was achieved by 27 of 29 (93.1%; 77.2-99.2%). The protective dome was correctly applied by 27 of 29 (93.1%; 77.2-99.2%). The median time to needle deployment was 27.5 seconds (95% CI: 24-31). The median time to dome placement was 50 seconds (95% CI: 42-55). CONCLUSIONS: EMT-B students with minimal training demonstrated limited success with applying a commercial sternal IO device. Clinical application by EMT-Bs on critically ill patients may be possible with more intensive training.
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OBJECTIVE: To study the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in plasma obtained from the medullary sinusoids of the proximal phalanx (P1) after intravenous (IV) and intraosseous (IO) regional limb perfusion (RLP). STUDY DESIGN: Experimental study. ANIMALS: Twelve horses. METHODS: IV and IO RLP were performed in 2 groups (n = 6) of horses. Vancomycin hydrochloride (300 mg in 60 mL 0.9% NaCl) was randomly infused in 1 front limb, with the contralateral limb as control (60 mL 0.9% NaCl). A hole was drilled in the lateral cortex of P1, and blood samples from the medullary sinusoids of P1 were collected before infusion, and 15, 30, 45, 65, and 90 minutes after beginning infusion. Samples were centrifuged and plasma vancomycin concentrations determined. Vancomycin concentrations were compared over time and between routes using a 2-way repeated measures ANOVA. Pharmacokinetic variables were compared with a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Significance was set at P<.05. RESULTS: No vancomycin-induced clinical side effects such as lameness or swelling were observed. Both techniques, IV and IO, produced high vancomycin concentrations in the sinusoidal plasma of the P1, which remained above the minimum inhibitory concentration value for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during the 90 minutes study. Concentrations and pharmacokinetic variables were not significantly different comparing both routes. CONCLUSIONS: IV and IO routes produced similar antimicrobial perfusion of the medullary cavity of P1. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Either IV or IO routes for perfusion are likely to be equally selected when planning RLP with vancomycin.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the Bone Injection Gun (BIG) for placement of intraosseous cannulas through impact penetration and compare it with a standard Jamshidi bone marrow needle (JBMN) and to compare fluid delivery dynamics through each device. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized in vivo study. ANIMALS: Forty-eight mature dogs. METHODS: During surgical laboratories, dogs were randomly assigned to 2 groups (n = 24), and intraosseous access in the proximal tibial metaphysis was obtained using a BIG or JBMN. Variables measured during placement included insertion success, time required for placement, and alterations in respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR), and systolic blood pressure. After placement, maintenance fluids were administered to 6 dogs from each group, and fluids were administered under pressure to 6 dogs from each group to compare rates of delivery through each device. After euthanasia, the tibiae were harvested to evaluate and compare the morphologic consequences of needle and cannula placement. RESULTS: Successful placement occurred in 20 (83%) dogs for the BIG and 23 (96%) dogs for the JBMN, which was not significantly different (P =.3475). Time required for placement was significantly less (P =.0024) for the BIG (mean, 22.4 +/- 8.2 seconds) compared with the JBMN (mean, 42.0 +/- 28.1 seconds). Significant increases in RR occurred in both groups and in the HR for the BIG group, but significant differences were not noted between groups. Mean rate of pressurized fluid administration was similar for both groups. Two distinct patterns of cortical bone damage occurred, but the clinical significance of this observation is uncertain. CONCLUSIONS: The BIG provides more rapid access to the intraosseous space for fluid administration than the JBMN. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The BIG is an effective alternative for obtaining rapid access to the intraosseous space for emergency fluid and drug administration.
The recent introduction of intraosseous injection devices has renewed interest in the modality of local anesthesia. Three devices currently available are the Stabident System, the Hypo Brand Intraosseous Needle, and the Cyberjet System. The Stabident System is the most popular and the only one for which published research is available. Primary intraosseous anesthesia is 45 percent to 93 percent effective but of short duration. Supplemental intraosseous anesthesia is 80 percent to 90 percent effective and provides profound anesthesia of long duration (60 minutes or longer). It is used when a prior conventional infiltration or nerve block is inadequate. During use of an anesthetic solution with a vasoconstrictor for intraosseous anesthesia, 46 percent to 100 percent of patients reported an increase in heart rate. There was a 2 percent to 27 percent incidence of moderate and sometimes severe pain during the intraosseous procedure. Postoperative complications occurred in 2 percent to 15 percent of patients and lasted one to 14 days.
Thousands of critically ill emergency patients are treated in the out-of-hospital setting in the United States every year. In many patients intravenous (IV) therapy cannot be initiated because of inadequate access to peripheral veins. In some cases, this lack of vascular access may limit benefit of medications because of late administration.[1] Both speed and overall success of vascular access are important when evaluating potential methodologies for their use in the out-of-hospital environment. Insertion of an IV cannula has been reported to require substantial time in the prehospital environment, with a recent study reporting an average successful intravenous line placement time of 4.4+/-2.8 minutes.[2] In critically ill pediatric patients, vascular access may present substantial difficulties to the provide.[3] Intraosseous access may provide a significant time saving which may benefit many critically ill patients, both by decreasing the time to achieve access and by decreasing the time to administration of indicated medications.[4] Achieving rapid administration of medications may facilitate the care of critically ill patients.[1] Devices are now available that permit rapid, accurate access to the intraosseous space. Recent changes in the American Heart Association's resuscitation guidelines state that the intraosseous route should be the first alternative to difficult or delayed intravenous access.[5] With these considerations, the role of intraosseous vascular access in the out-of-hospital environment should be reemphasized.
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OBJECTIVE: To report tissue gentamicin concentrations after intraosseous (IO) perfusion in standing horses. STUDY DESIGN: In vivo study. ANIMALS OR SAMPLE POPULATION: Twelve horses. METHODS: Sedated horses had a cannulated cortical bone screw inserted into the dorsolateral aspect of the treated metacarpus and a tourniquet applied proximally. Gentamicin (2.2 mg/kg) diluted in sterile saline solution (0.1 mL/kg) was infused through the screw. Two horses were euthanatized at each time interval: 0, 2, 6, 12, 24, and 36 hours. Synovial fluid and bone samples were collected distal to the screw from both forelimbs. Gentamicin concentrations were measured using fluorescence polarization immunoassay. RESULTS: The highest synovial fluid gentamicin concentrations were 385+/-273 microg/mL (mean+/-SD) in the metacarpophalangeal joint, 225+/-205 microg/mL in the proximal interphalangeal joint, 215+/-205 microg/mL in the distal interphalangeal joint, 382+/-195 microg/mL in the digital flexor tendon sheath, and 206+/-161 microg/mL in the navicular bursa. The highest bone concentrations of gentamicin were 55+/-30 microg/g in the distal metacarpus, 34+/-27 microg/g in the proximal, 16+/-15 microg/g in the middle, and 16+/-2.2 microg/g in the distal phalanges, and 27+/-17 microg/g in the proximal and 24+/-11 microg/g in the distal sesamoid bones. CONCLUSION: Standing IO perfusion of gentamicin resulted in local antibiotic concentrations in the synovial structures and bones of the distal aspect of the limb that exceed the reported minimum inhibitory concentration of pathogens commonly implicated in equine orthopedic infections. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Standing IO perfusion of gentamicin in the distal aspect of the limb should be considered for treatment of orthopedic infections of this region in horses.