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Safe Options for Obtaining Blood and Vascular Access in Neonates and Children in a Low-Resource Setting

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This chapter describes how to obtain blood in neonates and infants. This includes a brief case scenario, indications for obtaining blood in the small child, materials needed, anatomical sites for vascular access, sites not recommended for vascular access, types of specimen bottles, and techniques for blood sampling. This chapter will describe common challenges in obtaining blood in the neonate and how to overcome them.

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Abbreviations

IV:

Intravenous

LMICs:

Low- and middle-income countries

TBV:

Total blood volume

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

    Zubaida Farouk

  2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

    Udochukwu M. Diala & Stephen Oguche

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Tina M. Slusher

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Ashley R. Bjorklund

  3. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Stephanie M. Lauden

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Farouk, Z., Diala, U.M., Oguche, S. (2022). Safe Options for Obtaining Blood and Vascular Access in Neonates and Children in a Low-Resource Setting. In: Slusher, T.M., Bjorklund, A.R., Lauden, S.M. (eds) Pediatric Procedural Adaptations for Low-Resource Settings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99955-1_10

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