Obtaining Coagulation Blood Samples From Central Venous Access Devices: A Review of the Literature.

Applying Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices (TIVAD) in Children: the First Iranian Experience

تاثیر خونگیری از طریق سالین‌لاک بر اعتبار نتایج آزمایشات انعقادی

  Background and Aim: In cases under heparin therapy, frequent blood samples must be taken for coagulation tests. Therefore, samples from saline lock can be a useful means to decrease the pain of taking frequent blood samples. The purpose of this study was to find the effect of this method on the validity of coagulation tests results.   Materials and Methods: In this case-control study a con...

Use of peripheral venous access devices for obtaining blood samples for measurement of activated partial thromboplastin times.

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Implantable Port Devices, Complications and outcome in Pediatric Cancer, a Retrospective Study

Abstract Background Peripheral blood vessels, due to availability are used for many years in cancer patients, however in patients with potentially harmful drugs to skin (vesicant drugs) or difficult accessibility to vessels, the use of implantable port (totally implantable venous access port-TIVAP)devices with central vascular access are important.  ...

Comparing the results of coagulation tests on blood drawn by venipuncture and through heparinized tunneled venous access devices in pediatric patients with cancer.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare the accuracy of three coagulation tests (prothrombin time [PT], activated partial thromboplastin time [aPTT], and fibrinogen [FBG]) performed on blood samples collected through heparinized tunneled venous access devices (TVADs) with those from venipuncture. DESIGN Descriptive comparative with patients serving as their own controls. SETTING Pediatric comprehensi...