Effectiveness of AccuVein AV400 Device versus ultrasound-guided Cannulation of the Great Saphenous vein at the Ankle in Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

in these cases can be difficult and time-consuming There are several methods to facilitate the peripheral venous cannulation in these cases such as local warming, epidermal nitroglycerine, translumination, and venous cut down However, many of these methods are rarely used and may be time consuming. The use of Ultrasonography to guide peripheral vein catheterization in children is an easy and non-invasive technique especially for challenging veins Using ultrasound in peripheral veins cannulation in infants may be very difficult as most of the peripheral veins are too superficial and too small for direct visualization with standard ultrasound equipment An alternative choice to the superficial dorsal veins could be the great saphenous vein (GSV) at the level of the medial malleolus due to the adequate diameter