How afraid are you of having blood drawn from your arm? A simple fear question predicts vasovagal reactions without causing them among high school donors

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-321

  France, Christopher R ^a   France, Janis L ^a   Himawan, Lina K ^a   Stephens, Kate Yunuba ^a   Frame Brown, Terri A ^a   Venable, Geri A ^a   Menitove, Jay E ^a  

^a Division of New York Blood Center Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGUS REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BLOOD DONORS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 84873439104     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03726.x     Document Type: Article

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