Comparing peripheral venous access between obese and normal weight children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-176

  Nafiu, Olubukola O ^a   Burke, Constance ^a   Cowan, Andy ^a   Tutuo, Narko ^a   MacLean, Sarah ^a   Tremper, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult i.v. placement; Obese; Peripheral intravenous access; Venous cannulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WRIST;

EID: 74549126038     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03198.x     Document Type: Article

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