A randomized controlled trial assessing the use of ultrasound for nurse-performed IV placement in difficult access ED patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1950-1954

  Bahl, Amit ^a   Pandurangadu, Ananda Vishnu ^a   Tucker, Jared ^a   Bagan, Michael ^a  

^a Beaumont Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NURSING; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979587777     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.06.098     Document Type: Article

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