Derivation of the DIVA score: A clinical prediction rule for the identification of children with difficult intravenous access

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Yen, Kenneth ^a   Riegert, Anne ^b   Gorelick, Marc H ^b  

^a Children's Corporate Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rule; Difficult venous access; Peripheral intravenous access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NURSE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949149496     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181666f32     Document Type: Article

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