Obtaining blood samples for coagulation studies from a normal saline lock

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-253

  Powers, Jill M ^a,b  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033160311     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.4.250     Document Type: Article

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