Failed phlebotomy? Think William Harvey

Failed phlebotomy? Think William Harvey

Harvey's method is to empty a segment of vein by stroking along it with a finger, moving away from the heart, and noting the point beyond which a valve prevents the retrograde refilling of the vein from the proximal end of the segment, the distal segment still being occluded by the finger.

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2014-09, Vol.349 (sep04 13), p.g5232-g5232
Hauptverfasser: Dorrington, Keith L, Aronson, Jeffrey K
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:Harvey's method is to empty a segment of vein by stroking along it with a finger, moving away from the heart, and noting the point beyond which a valve prevents the retrograde refilling of the vein from the proximal end of the segment, the distal segment still being occluded by the finger.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.g5232