A clinical pathway for the management of difficult venous access

• Main Authors: Vanno Sou (Author), Craig McManus (Author), Nicholas Mifflin (Author), Steven A. Frost (Author), Julie Ale (Author), Evan Alexandrou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many patients are admitted to hospital with non-visible or palpable veins, often resulting in multiple painful attempts at cannulation, anxiety and catheter failure. We developed a difficult intravenous pathway at our institution to reduce the burden of difficult access for patie...