Effects of ultrasound with an automatic vessel detection system using artificial intelligence on the selection of puncture points among ultrasound beginner clinical nurses

Abstract

Background:

Ultrasound guidance increases the success rate of peripheral intravenous catheter placement. However, the longer time required to obtain ultrasound-guided access poses difficulties for ultrasound beginners. Notably, interpretation of ultrasonographic images is considered as one of the main reasons of difficulty in using ultrasound for catheter placement. Therefore, an automatic vessel detection system (AVDS) using artificial intelligence was developed. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of AVDS for ultrasound beginners in selecting puncture points and determine suitable users for this system.

Methods:

In this crossover experiment involving the use of ultrasound with and without AVDS, we enrolled 10 clinical nurses, including 5 with some experience in peripheral intravenous catheterization using ultrasound-aided methods (categorized as ultrasound beginners) and 5 with no experience in ultrasound and less experience in peripheral intravenous catheterization using conventional methods (categorized as inexperienced). These participants chose two puncture points (those with the largest and second largest diameter) as ideal in each forearm of a healthy volunteer. The results of this study were the time required for the selection of puncture points and the vein diameter of the selected points.

Results:

Among ultrasound beginners, the time required for puncture point selection in the right forearm second candidate vein with a small diameter (<3 mm) was significantly shorter when using ultrasound with AVDS than when using it without AVDS (mean, 87 vs 247 s). Among inexperienced nurses, no significant difference in the time required for all puncture point selections was found between the use of ultrasound with and without AVDS. In the vein diameter, significant difference was shown only in the absolute difference at left second candidate among inexperienced participants.

Conclusion:

Ultrasonography beginners needed less time to select the puncture points in a small diameter vein using ultrasound with AVDS than without AVDS.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence vein assessment ultrasound catheter placement peripheral intravenous catheter

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