
I.V.
Therapy Demystified
INDICATIONS
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does
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,
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24 hours
af
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,
..
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..
c.pill.ry
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.ubi
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of
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l
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and should
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of
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blood componen'
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ADVERSE
EFFECTS
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i.
made
from hum""
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uch
os
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A
I
'hoo~h
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of
donon
and ,
...
i"~
of
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blood have dimini.bed !be risk
of
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of
.iru
...
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of
PPF
0\
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of
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of
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allergic
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de
eff",,"
of
admini."",i""
of
PPF:Ire
f""lueo'
and moy i..oloo. flushing, bock pain.
o.u"'
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ad""
...
unicaria, chill" and fc""'-,
Some1ime.!be",
mani
fe">ti"".
iooic>te.
h)'p,,,
..
n,i'ivity ",,,,,,ion, and
"""""ime
. ,hey
.re
idiop>,hic (i,<" !be
cou'"
i.
unk"""'n
).
PPF
i.
oon, ...
indic.",d
for use in patients
on
cardiopulmooary
b)'!""
.
beeau..,
i,
Call
c.u
..
h),poIen.ion in
,hi.
popul.,ion,
~
Hespan
Hct
••
urches
:Ire
large carbollyd ...
",
molecule •.
1he
most
com"..,.,
he~"",h
uoed
..
. n l.V, rolioKbl solu,ion
i.
6%
het
..
tarch in
G.9%
sodi
um
oh
loride sohnion.
Olberwi
..
known
lIS
lI
..
pa
n
or
~'dFOX),~tlrj15tarrh
(liES),
Eaoh 100 mL
of
H"'pan
cool1in, 6 g
of
bew""",h
.00
G,
9 g
of
sodium chloride.
1he
el,""",,1 )'te roocentr:a'ion
i.
roughly I
~4
mEqIL eorh
of
sodium
.oochloride,
I
""ff
k""y
asa
volume expander
i,
roughly "'Iuivalen' to that
of
. Ibumin
~%,"
He.pan i.
",c""ed
"i
. !be kKlney •.
1he
hyd,mycthyl molecul
..
that comprise 11",1"'"
"'00
to
he
e«reted
f.it! y rapidly.
bu,
it moy lake
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k.
fo.-
,he
...
roh
....,Iecul",
'0
be exorcted,"
INDICATIONS
• Hespan is indicated prim.rily
os.
,..,Iume
",pande,
in
p>'ien"
"'ho
berome
hYP"'..,lemi.c during eiec1i,'e
"''Eery.
Bee.u",
i,
.1>0
inc",
...
, !be e'JllIro,,},"
sedimenta'ion rate.
i,
i.
"""",ime
. indi.cated in
p>'ien"
who
re<jUire
leubphere>is
bee.u",
i,
i,
eas
ier
and quick.,,-
'0
,e........., granuloc),tes from !be blood.