Venipuncture
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Introduction
- Puncture of a vein with a hypodermic needle, generally for the purpose of:
- obtaining blood for diagnostic purposes
- intravenous access for administration of pharmaceuticals
- Pain & stress of venipuncture reduced by breast feeding in newborns. [2]
More General Terms
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Journal Watch 23(4):35, 2003 Carbajal R et al, BMJ 326:13, 2003 [1]
