The characteristics of healthy adults with hardly palpable vein-Relations between easy venous palpation and physical factors

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 805-812

  Ichimura, Mika ^a,b   Matsumura, Yuko ^b   Sasaki, Shinsuke ^b,c   Murakami, Naoki ^b   Mori, Masaharu ^d   Ogino, Tetsuya ^b  

^a KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kansai University   (Japan)

^d KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subcutaneous vein; Ultrasonography; Vasodilatation; Venipuncture; Venous palpation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VASODILATATION; VEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; REFERENCE VALUES; VASODILATION; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956754480     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12313     Document Type: Article

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