Intravenous infusion
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In medicine, intravenous infusions are "long-term (minutes to hours) administration of a fluid into the vein through venipuncture, either by letting the fluid flow by gravity or by pumping it."[1]
Adverse effects
Complications are not reduced by routinely changing catheters.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Intravenous infusions (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Webster J, Osborne S, Rickard C, Hall J (2010). "Clinically-indicated replacement versus routine replacement of peripheral venous catheters.". Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3: CD007798. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD007798.pub2. PMID 20238356. Research Blogging.