IV access difficulty: Incidence and delays in an urban emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-487

  Witting, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crowding; emergency service; hospital; incidence; intravenous; time factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ACCESS DIFFICULTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; SKIN PUNCTURE; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859726826     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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