Randomized, single blinded control trial comparing haemolysis rate between two cannula aspiration techniques

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Dwyer, Donovan G ^a   Fry, Margaret ^a   Somerville, Annabel ^a   Holdgate, Anna ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Cannula; Haemolysis; Technique; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33750445931     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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