Del Norte welcomesCR's new president Sep 11, 2008
This includes administrative skills such as bookkeeping, office procedures and insurance billing; and clinical skills such as vital signs, venipuncture and injections. "In talking with people," Marsee said, motioning to the patio area where the campus had his reception, "they say they need technicians.". (Daily Triplicate)
Babies need more than sugar to ease their pain, study finds Jul 1, 2008
In addition, newborns usually receive vitamin K injections and venipuncture, in which blood is drawn from a vein. Surprisingly, researchers discovered that sucrose seemed to be a very effective analgesic during venipuncture, but not for the other procedures ... When they examined pain during individual procedures, researchers found that while sucrose effectively reduced pain during venipuncture, it had no significant impact during heel lances or vitamin K injections. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns Jun 30, 2008
Using sucrose to reduce pain in newborns undergoing painful procedures should be limited to babies having blood taken (venipuncture) for the newborn screening test but not for intramuscular injections, write Dr. Anna Taddio and co-authors. In this double-blind, randomized controlled trial of 240 newborns at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, researchers found that "sucrose reduced overall pain in newborns when administered before painful medical procedures during the first 2 days after birth."... (EurekAlert!)
Now, anaesthetic to skin without pain May 7, 2008
In the study, investigators randomly assigned a group of children to the powder lidocaine system or to a sham placebo system 1 to 3 minutes before a procedure known as venipuncture, during which a small needle is inserted into a vein in the back of the hand to collect blood, or a procedure called venous cannulation, which is used to drain blood or fluid or administer medications. The use of the lidocaine system provided rapid and significant analgesia relative to the sham system, based on... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Can prostate cancer screening be risk stratified? Feb 16, 2008
Three controls, matched for age and date of venipuncture, were selected for each case ... Median time from venipuncture to diagnosis was 17 years. (BioMed Central)
Subclavian Catheterization Dec 13, 2007
Orihashi K, Imai K, Sato K, Hamamoto M, Okada K, Sueda T. Extrathoracic subclavian venipuncture under ultrasound guidance. Circ J 2005;69:1111-1115. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Folate Status in US Women of Childbearing Age Jan 5, 2007
A household interview and physical examination are conducted for each survey participant; blood samples are collected by venipuncture during the physical examination. For all study years, serum folate and RBC folate concentrations were measured by CDC ( ). (Food Consumer)
