Use of a butterfly as an intraosseous needle in an oedematous preterm infant

The infant, however, required fluids, antibiotics, antihypotensives, and analgesia, and an 18 gauge butterfly needle was inserted into the left upper tibia after 1% lignocaine (fig 1).

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2003-09, Vol.88 (5), p.F409-409
Main Authors: Lake, W, Emmerson, A J B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Care and treatment
Case studies
Demographic aspects
Diseases
Dropsy
Edema
Edema - therapy
Fetus
Fluid Therapy - instrumentation
Health aspects
Humans
Images in Neonatal Medicine
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - therapy
Infants
Infants (Newborn)
Infants (Premature)
Infusions, Intraosseous - instrumentation
Needles
Physiological aspects
Prevention
Probiotics
Tibia
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Summary:The infant, however, required fluids, antibiotics, antihypotensives, and analgesia, and an 18 gauge butterfly needle was inserted into the left upper tibia after 1% lignocaine (fig 1).
ISSN:1359-2998
1468-2052
DOI:10.1136/fn.88.5.F409