ve·ni·punc·ture

(vē′nĭ-pŭngk′chər, vĕn′ĭ-)

Puncture of a vein, as for drawing blood, intravenous feeding, or administration of medicine.

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venipuncture

(ˈvɛnɪˌpʌŋktʃə) or

venepuncture

(Medicine) med the puncturing of a vein, esp to take a sample of venous blood or inject a drug

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venipuncture

The surgical opening of a vein using a small instrument.

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Noun

venipuncture - (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye

puncture - the act of puncturing or perforating

medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Translations

venipuncture

n venopunción f, punción venosa, punción f de una vena para sacar sangre o inyectar algo

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Our study supports that the two INR sampling methods compare well to venipuncture. The authors advocate the use of the arterial blood-line method.

Comparison of sampling methods for obtaining accurate coagulation values in hemodialysis patients with heparinized Central Venous Catheters. (Research Brief)

To estimate the occurrence and distribution of human hantavirus infection, we used SNV ELISA to conduct a serologic survey of a sample of hospital patients requiring venipuncture for routine procedures.

Seroprevalence of Human Hantavirus Infection in the Ribeirao Preto Region of Sao Paulo State, Brazil

The children were divided into three groups: venipuncture, stick the heel with a small lancet, and stick with a large lancet.

Getting Blood From Newborns

Volunteers were recruited for venipuncture to determine varicella serology.

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The test uses fingerstick or venipuncture blood, and delivers results in 20 minutes.

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The unique safety shield releases when a VACUETTE blood collection tube is inserted into the holder during venipuncture procedures.

Automatically activated safety shield

Venous blood gas and lactate values of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), boat-tailed grackles (Quiscalus major), and house sparrows (Passer domesticus) after capture by mist net, banding, and venipuncture. Harms CA, Harms RV.

J Zoo Wildl Med.: Venous blood gas and lactate values of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), boat-tailed grackles (Quiscalus major), and house sparrows (Passer domesticus) after capture by mist net, banding, and venipuncture

To avoid repeated venipuncture, blood for aminoglycoside antibiotic levels is often obtained from CVADs; this is especially true for pediatric patients.

Accuracy of tobramycin levels obtained from central venous access devices in patients with cystic fibrosis is technique dependent

In young children, capillary blood sampling is often preferred over venipuncture and is used for many biochemical tests.

Cystatin C can be measured reliably in capillary blood samples

The routine venipuncture code, 36415, which used to include finger, heel, and ear sticks, now includes only venipuncture.

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dubliniensis was cultured from three separate blood cultures (two sets obtained by venipuncture and one by the central venous line) taken on the same day (MIC fluconazole, 0.25 [micro]g/ml).

Candida dubliniensis Candidemia in Patients with Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia and Bone Marrow Transplantation