Continuous drip

Ms. Barker had a bowel resection 4 days ago. After a culture and sensitivity test of her draining surgical wound, the primary health care provider orders penicillin G aqueous IV as a continuous drip. Determine what questions you would ask Ms. Barker before the penicillin is added to the IV solution. 

Adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) IVBolus, IVInfusion 180mcg/kg before PCI initiation then continuous drip of 2 mcg/kg/min and a second 180 mcg/kg bolus 10 min after the first. Maximum 15 mg/h. Continue until hospital discharge or for up to 18-24 hr. Minimum 12 hr is recommended. Concurrent aspirin and heparin therapy is recommended. 

A continuous drip of a small amount of diesel oil (typically less than 1 ml/minute) into the oxidation tank solution aids in separation of sulfur into die froth, as well as producing a thick, easy to remove froth. Sometimes diesel oil addition leads to over-frothing, however, and silicone or ocenal must be added as anti-frothing agents. 

Continuous drip or cyclic infusion 50 to 125 ml infused per hour at a slow rate over a 24-hour period using an infusion pump (Kangaroo set). Used for treating critically ill patients and patients who have a feeding tube in their small intestines. 

Methohexital (1 mg/kg in 1% solution given at a rate of 1 mL/5 seconds) is used for induction of anesthesia lasting 5 to 7 minutes. Maintenance of anesthesia may be accomplished by intermittent injections of 1% solution or by continuous IV drip of a 0.2% solution. Intermittent injections of about 20 to 40 mg (2 to 4 ml of a 1% solution) may be given as required, usually every 4 to 7 minutes. For continuous drip, the average rate of administration is about 3 mL of a 0.2% solution/min (1 drop/second). Methohexital should not be mixed in the same syringe or administered simultaneously during IV infusion through the same needle with acid solutions, such as atropine sulfate, metocurine iodide, and succinylcholine chloride. 

The lubricating fluid was administered to the rotating plate with a continuous drip for 15 minutes. 

For those reasons, pH maintenance is more often done with the addition of ammonium hydroxide. Although a weaker base of sodium hydroxide can be used to maintain the pH at 9.5-1-. The good news is, that it evaporates with the water when the shell is dried and does not change the chemistry of the dried refractory. The bad news is, it is lost to the atmosphere and must be replaced frequently. If excess amounts are used then the smell of ammonia fills the air and is unpleasant at best. One of the most satisfactory ways to add ammonia to the slurry by routine water addition needed to compensate for evaporation. In some plants this addition is done in the form of a continuous drip into the slurry. Spot checks and experience allow the operators to adjust the drip rate to keep up with the evaporation rate. This is made easier since the slurry rooms are kept at constant temperature are humidity. 

During illness, carbohydrates can be provided as small frequent meals, as drip-feeding, and sometimes as continuous drip-feeding. Using alpha-dextrin maltose preparations has the added advantage of low osmolality and easy digestion. 

If a continuous-drip feeding is used, determine the rate needed to maintain adequate glucose concentrations. 

Personal investigations were made on the influence of amines indigenous to the body on the peripheral circulation in the epididymal fat pad of living rats. The effects of applying amines in a continuous drip (60 drops/ min) were observed under a microscope and recorded photographically. 

For drip lubrication, oil is continuously dripped onto the upper edges of the link plates, or sidebars, from a drip lubricator. The drip rate ranges from 4 to 20 or more drops per minute. The drip rate... 

Mulching films make it possible to cultivate alkaline soils or use water for irrigation that is too alkaline for the regular growing of crops. By preventing evaporation, salts will not be deposited on the surface and the continuous drip irrigation will keep the salts in solution and wash them down into the lower layers of the soil. Within the limitations of this chapter it not possible to go into more detail on this subject, but examples of results are given in Tables 10.3-10.7. They show that the initial cost of the plastic films is repaid many times by the direct increase of the cash value of the crops. 

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