Blood collection from intravenous lines: Is one drawing site better than others?

Lab Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-175

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Avanzini, Paola ^a   Aloe, Rosalia ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^b  

^a Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter; Hemolysis; Preanalytical variability; Sample quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILIC VEIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER; CEPHALIC VEIN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN ANTEROBRACHIAL VEIN; MEDIAN BASILIC VEIN; MEDIAN CEPHALIC VEIN; METACARPAL PLEXUS VEIN; PHOTOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INDWELLING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; STANDARD;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHLEBOTOMY; VEINS;

EID: 84902085872     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LM2XCV5SQML1ONTM     Document Type: Article

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