Pen Torch Transillumination: Difficult Venepuncture Made Easy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2401-2408

  Cai, Elijah Zhengyang ^a   Sankaran, Kalarani ^a   Tan, Monica ^b   Chan, Yiong Huak ^c   Lim, Thiam Chye ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSILLUMINATION; UPPER LIMB; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHLEBOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSILLUMINATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; VEINS;

EID: 85019017219     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4050-3     Document Type: Article

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