Use of transillumination technique for venous cannulation in paediatric patients under anaesthesia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-

  Payal, Yashwant Singh ^a   Agrawal, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, Jagdish Prasad ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BURN; COOPERATION; DARKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEAR; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SKIN COLOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 78650062514     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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