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Venipuncture versus heel prick for blood glucose monitoring in neonates

Saththasivam P 1 , Umadevan D , Ramli N , Voralu K , Naing NN , Ilias MI Show all authors , Shuib N , Tan BG , van Rostenberghe H

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  • 1 Paediatrics Department, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 2009 Oct;50(10):1004-7.
PMID: 19907892

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in the pain indicators and effectiveness between venipuncture (VP) and heel prick (HP) for blood glucose monitoring in term neonates (recently, venipuncture was shown superior for the Guthrie test).

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