Umbilical artery catheterization in the newborn.
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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: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.43.229.382