
CHAPTER
12
I.V.
Thera~
and Infants and Children
INFUSION
SETS
Selecting
I.V.
Therapy Delivery
Systems for Infants and Children
La
In,,,,,..,OOII
. Ii""
",ts
thai
"'"
used in
infants.oo
childr<n are
.imilar
10
Ibose
used
in
adul".
Adolescents who are .imilar in
.ize
'0
adults (e,g
.•
;,45 kg) ,ypioally
"'"
,he ""me
')'I'"
of
I,
V,
Ii"" ."IS
Ill
..
are
....J
in
adull •. Inf.n" . younger children,
.00
.maIler_>ized
adol."",nts
c.nnot
'o"",,
'e ,he
hrgcr
",
I
ume.
of
fluid., Mood
oompor><"".
nu,rients .
.00
medic
..
im.
om, are indic
...
d in
""'
l
os.
.00
,he
LV.
admini.lr.tlim
",ts
,herefore
mu"
be
c.pable
of
<k
Ii,""; ng
Ies
..
r >mOIIn"
of
ocl
u,im.
Sometime" .rruollef
LV,
cootai"""
(i,
...
I,V,
boule>.nd
bag.) ore rung.
In
mo>I
insoan=;. either the primary infu.ion
""
use • •
min
idrop drip chamber.
Of
the
LV.
bag drip>
in
'o a ",lume-limi'
OO
chamber thai .1"" h •
••
minKlrop
<hip
chamber.
Most
minidrop infu>i""
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some1i"""
c.IlOO
",d;atri<: injl,,;on
.....
<kli>er
30-60
d"'J"lmL
of
",Iu,ion
""her
'han the oo, ... en,ion.1
0<
mac"":!,,,!, primary
infu.ion
..
"
,ha,
<kliwr
10-10
d"'J"lmL
of
""
lu,ion, MinKirop infusion
"".
c.n
be dj
"ingui.hed
>iru.lly from
mrrodrop
infu,ion
..
"
bec.use
Ihcre i
••
drip
needle in ,he oen'er
of
the drip
cmmber
of
the minidrop
..
' Iha, <kli,''''''
.rruo
ller
drops
,han can be
<k
li,..,rod ,,'illl • m:orrodrip
clwnber
. Figure
12_1
she,," •
commonly used microdrop infu.ion
..
,.
S,.
~
B
u
..
,
Min;drop inJusio.
MU
c~n
IN
diJlingu;,MtJ ";,,,,,/ly
Jro
..
macrodrop inJ",;""
"II
INcau"
thu,
;,
a drip
nnd/~
in
'h,
c,.tu
of
tM
drip
cMmba
of
tM
minidrop
..
t that
d,/i",,,
'han can be
tkli,'ud
V>'i'h
a
r>Ulcrodnp
cham""r.
Volume_limiled
ch.mbe"
al""con
be
used
'0
ensure <kli,
..,'Y
of
small quan
,j
'ie.
of
fluid.
The
..
are de>igned
"'i'h
• 'ypic.1
.pi
ke
'0
ace
...
the
LV
. bag.
The
de>ired
amoU"'
of
fluid ,hen
i.
infused
in'o
,he
,,,Iume
chamber.
al""
referred
'0
..
,he
bu ...
n~
chamIN, which llIen
i.
,i".
,oo
..
,he <k,ired
"Ie
by
a microdrop drip
chamber, M
""
,,,Iume
ch.mbe"
are
limi'OO
in
.ize
'0
oo
'"
.
:Un
no
more ,1wI
I
'ill
mL
of
fluKl,
There ore aoce
..
port.
00
the",
,,,Iume
ch.mbe",
om,
c.n
be
used
10
add medica,
ion.
,ha,
mj
gh'
need
10
be
diluled wi,h
",Iu
,
ion.nd
infu
",d
on.
cyclic basi •. iocluding
mo>I
LV.
an,ibi",i
""
Figu,e
12_2
.how.
a commonly used
volume_limi'
OO
chamber infu,;on
..
,.