Asmaa Mahfouz Hassan Abdelhafez <br/><br/>
Impact of cryotherapy on pain intensity at puncture sites of arteriovenous fistula among children undergoing hemodialysis /  
 تأثير العلاج بالتبريد على شده الألم بأماكن الوخز بالوصلة الشريانية الوريدية بين الاطفال الخاضعين للغسيل الدموى 
Asmaa Mahfouz Hassan Abdelhafez ; Supervised Mirret Mohamed Darwish , Gehan Ahmed Elsamman , Fatina Ibrahem Fadel 
 - Cairo :   Asmaa Mahfouz Hassan Abdelhafez ,   2013 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Pediatric Nursing 
<br/><br/> Pain inflicted by the insertion of large cannulae into the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a significant cause of concern for both children and adults on regular hemodialysis (HD) . Cryotherapy as a non pharmacological pain , management is a complementary therapy having the advantqage of being effective , less cost , easy to provide and safe 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Cryotherapy  Hemodialysis  Puncture pain