Patient posture for blood collection by venipuncture: recall for standardization after 28 years

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 127-132

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Danese, Elisa ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complete blood cell count; Hematology; Plasma volume change; Posture; Pre analytical variability

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSITION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 85015267581     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: 18060870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2017.01.004     Document Type: Article

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