Scalp vein puncture technique.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Scalp vein puncture technique [Keywords] scalp vein puncture technique Scalp vein puncture is a common pediatric care and technique, intravenous fluids in children under the age of 2 multi-use scalp vein, scalp vein rich, exposed to the full, easily fixed, easy to observe the advantages the past two years on 328 cases of scalp venipuncture to sum up, described below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information Choose January 2007 - 2008 June intravenous fluid therapy in children 328 cases, of which 27 cases of newborns, aged 1 to 4 months, 39 cases, 5 to 12 months in 89 cases, 1 to 2 years 173 cases. premature children, 9 cases of neonatal asphyxia in 19 cases, 159 cases of upper respiratory tract infection in children, children with diarrhea in 56 cases, 85 cases of pneumonia in children. treatment time 2 ~ 10 d. The average number of days venipuncture 6 d. 1.2 Methods Choose the amount of superficial vein 158 cases (48%), median vein puncture 85 cases (26%), superficial temporal vein 75 cases (23%), ear vein puncture in 10 patients (3%). Puncture needle: Multi-use 5.5 No. scalp needle, puncture difficulties or those who use longer infusion catheter, No. 5.5. 2 Discussion 2.1 scalp vein Features Subcutaneous fat children thin, superficial scalp, veins rich easy to see, vascular reticular distribution of blood through the collateral back, anterograde and retrograde needle did not affect the return. The amount of superficial veins have not slide easily fixed, exposed to significant, no leakage, etc., are the best parts of the scalp vein infusion, but the smaller veins, puncture difficult. scalp vein median vein is one of the larger branches of this vein straight, thick, non-slip, easily fixed , but easy to extravasation, superficial temporal vein straight, coarse than the amount of superficial veins, exposed clear, but here loose subcutaneous tissue, depth, degree difficult to master, the ear vein thick, s