The safety of brachial artery puncture for arterial blood sampling

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 748-751

  Okeson, Gyman C ^a,b   Wulbrecht, Pauline H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial puncture; Blood gas analysis; Complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SAFETY;

EID: 0031662457     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.3.748     Document Type: Article

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