Potential impact of peripheral intravenous catheter placement on resource use in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-29

  Nguyen, Thao M ^a   Hirsh, Daniel A ^a,b   Khan, Naghma S ^a,b   Massey, Robert ^b   Simon, Harold K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ED overcrowding; PIV catheter placement; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649114284     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181cd149a     Document Type: Article

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