Ulnar artery versus radial artery approach for arterial cannulation: a prospective, comparative study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Karacalar, Serap ^a   Ture, Hatice ^a   Baris, Sibel ^a   Karakaya, Deniz ^a   Sarihasan, Binnur ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artery; Cannulation; Complications of arterial cannulation; Radial; Ulnar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR ARTERY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 34248667854     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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