"Mining large data on small veins to inform pediatric perioperative difficult intravenous access"

Allan F Simpao^{1

2}, Jorge A Gálvez^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Editorial

Allan F Simpao et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;32(7):790-791.

doi: 10.1111/pan.14472.

Allan F Simpao^{1

2}, Jorge A Gálvez^{3

4}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: devices; equipment; general anesthesia; improvement; morbidity; outcomes; quality.

Comment on

Clinical and demographic factors associated with pediatric difficult intravenous access in the operating room.
Ballard HA, Hajduk J, Cheon EC, King MR, Barsuk JH. Ballard HA, et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Jul;32(7):792-800. doi: 10.1111/pan.14438. Epub 2022 Mar 23. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 35293066 Free PMC article.

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1. Ballard HA, Hajduk J, Cheon EC, King MR, Barsuk JH. Clinical and demographic factors associated with pediatric difficult intravenous access in the operating room. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022. Online ahead of print. doi:10.1111/pan.14438