Would you take blood through a venflon?

Authors
Magill, C Wazait, H Jones, A Titinchi, S Evans, SJ
Citation
C. Magill et al., Would you take blood through a venflon?, ANN RC SURG, 81(4), 1999, pp. 270-271
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
ISSN journal
00358843 → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
270 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(199907)81:4<270:WYTBTA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
One way of saving junior doctors' time and patients' pain is to take blood samples through a venflon immediately after its insertion. This is not howe ver, universal practise as some believe the results, especially urea and el ectrolytes, are unreliable. We have surveyed junior doctors in our hospital about this practise and prospectively compared venflon and vein blood samp les.