An automatic incision device for obtaining blood samples from the heels of preterm infants causes less damage than a conventional manual lancet

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Vertanen, H ^a   Fellman, V ^b   Brommels, M ^c   Viinikka, L ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Heel; Newborn; Puncture site healing; Skin puncture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035168362     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.84.1.f53     Document Type: Article

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