Use of butterfly needles to draw blood is independently associated with marked reduction in hemolysis compared to intravenous catheter

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1151-1155

  Wollowitz, Andrew ^a   Bijur, Polly E ^a   Esses, David ^a   Gallagher, E John ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUTTERFLY NEEDLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NEEDLE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURNIQUET; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888036104     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12245     Document Type: Article

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