Impact of near infrared light in pediatric blood drawing Centre on rate of first attempt success and time of procedure

Abstract Background Peripheral blood access and venipuncture are a stressful and painful experience in pediatric patients; moreover, it is estimated that more than one attempt is required to achieve the procedure in about one third of children. For this reason, we investigated if Near-infrared light...

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Main Authors: Ester Conversano, Giorgio Cozzi, Matteo Pavan, Marta Minute, Elena Gortan, Marcella Montico, Liza Vecchi Brumatti, Luca Ronfani, Egidio Barbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-018-0501-1