Relationship between tourniquet pressure and a cross-section area of superficial vein of forearm

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Sasaki, Shinsuke ^a,b   Murakami, Naoki ^a   Matsumura, Yuko ^a   Ichimura, Mika ^a   Mori, Masaharu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kansai University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tourniquet duration; Tourniquet pressure; Ultrasonography; Venipuncture; Venous cross section area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESSURE; TOURNIQUETS; VEINS;

EID: 84858198871     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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