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Researchers from Royal Melbourne Hospital report on findings in life sciences
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 3rd, 2008
A new study, 'The influence of flushing epidural catheters before use on detection of intravenous placement: an in vitro and in vivo study,' is now available. "Undetected intravenous placement of epidural catheters is rare but potentially fatal and no perfect identification method exists. Epidural catheters may be flushed before insertion to identify faulty epidural catheters, or to prime the system with local anaesthetic," scientists in Australia report.
"We hypothesised that flushing epidural catheters before insertion may delay the detection of intravenous placement. We investigated our theory using both in vitro and in vivo models. The in vitro component examined...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-01-03)
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