Lower extremity ischemia following umbilical artery catheterization: A case study and clinical update
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Umbilical artery catheterization in the newborn.
Satisfactory care of the sick premature newborn baby requires investigations of blood gas tensions (Dahlenburg et al., 1968) and of various biochemical parameters, such as blood sugar, often at frequent intervals during the first few hours of life. Blood samples for biochemistry can be obtained from heel pricks or by venepuncture. Heel pricks are painful, may become infected, and the number whi...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1743-9191
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.12.038