What you see (sonographically) is what you get: Vein and patient characteristics associated with successful ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous placement in patients with difficult access

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1298-1303

  Panebianco, Nova L ^a   Fredette, Jenna M ^a   Szyld, Demian ^a   Sagalyn, Emily B ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient characteristics; Peripheral venous access; Probe orientation; Procedural guidance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549124987     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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