Dr. Mari Abe-Doi, MHS, RN, in Department of gerontological nursing/wound care management
A search for predictors of induration after peripheral venous catheter placement revealed that induration was less likely to occur if the catheter was placed in a vessel with a diameter at least 3.7 times larger than the outer diameter of the catheter to be placed.
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