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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."<ref>{{MeSH|Intravenous infusions}}</ref> | 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."<ref>{{MeSH|Intravenous infusions}}</ref> | ||
==Adverse effects== | |||
Complications are not reduced by routinely changing catheters.<ref name="pmid20238356">{{cite journal| author=Webster J, Osborne S, Rickard C, Hall J| title=Clinically-indicated replacement versus routine replacement of peripheral venous catheters. | journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev | year= 2010 | volume= 3 | issue= | pages= CD007798 | pmid=20238356 | |||
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20238356 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD007798.pub2 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 22:30, 24 May 2010
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.