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Volume Resuscitation — A Comparison of Delivery Rates for Various Fluids and Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Donald S. Blythe
Affiliation:
From the Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
Charles J. Fisher Jr
Affiliation:
From the Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
Garrett E. Foulke
Affiliation:
From the Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.

Extract

There is controversy concerning the best method for rapid fluid administration in shock secondary to severe or continuing blood loss. Some authors recommend immediate cutdown, while others support percutaneous central intravenous lines. In addition, the data available on maximum flow rates for various catheters is limited and does not compare different solutions. To gain more insight into these problems we have studied the flow rates for different lengths and gauges of catheters utilizing various physiologic solutions.

Type
Part II: Clinical Care Topics
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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