THE CONTINUED INTRAVENOUS “DRIP”

A New Type of Drip Regulator for Intravenous Transfusion Work

Postoperative Intravenous Drip Infusion is not Required after Minilaparotomy Cholecystectomy

OBJECTIVE To determine if drip infusion should be discontinued after full recovery of the patient from anaesthesia after minilaparotomy cholecystectomy in uncomplicated cases. DESIGN A randomised controlled clinical trial on 60 patients, from the waiting list, of cholelithiasis/cholecystitis operated by minilaparotomy cholecystectomy between November 1995 to March 1996. 30 patients did not re...

Intravenous Drip Infusion Monitoring System with Body Area Communication Tag

Intravenous drip infusion is a common method of administering medication. However, it is difficult for a nurse to continuously monitor the administration since it can take more than one hour. It is difficult to instantly detect problems such as removal of a drip infusion administration set by a patient or an empty bag. We propose an intravenous drip infusion monitoring system equipped with body...

Comparison of Intravenous Midazolam Drip with Intermittent Intravenous Diazepam in the Treatment of Refractory Serial Seizures in Children

OBJECTIVE Serial seizures occur commonly in inpatient epileptic children. This type of seizure due to its characteristics has a significant impact on the patient's health. Untreated serial seizures lead to status epilepticus; therefore, finding a more effective treatment for such patients is essential. This study was performed to compare the outcome of intermittent intravenous diazepam in the p...

Observations on the Massive Dose Arsenotherapy of Early Syphilis by the Intravenous Drip Method

The danger of syphilitic infection to the fetus in utero, regardless of whether the maternal syphilis is active or latent, is well known. Indeed, re-treatment throughout the period of gestation is advised by the Cooperative Clinical Group8 even when the mother has received adequate antisyphilitic therapy prior to pregnancy and presents no serological or clinical evidence of this disease when sh...