Visualizing veins with near-infrared light to facilitate blood withdrawal in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-512

  Cuper, Natascha J ^a   Verdaasdonk, Rudolf M ^b   De Roode, Rowland ^a   De Vooght, Karen M K ^a   Viergever, Max A ^a   Kalkman, Cor J ^a   De Graaff, Jurgen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

infrared rays; phlebotomy; transillumination; veins; venipuncture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED VASCULAR IMAGING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; OBSERVATION; VEINS;

EID: 79956119115     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810395932     Document Type: Article

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