Intermittent Intravenous Therapy

Abstract
A PRELIMINARY report in 19541 described the successful use of a new method for the administration of heparin through an indwelling venous catheter that eliminated the need for repeated venipunctures. The efficacy and safety of this method have now been studied in 269 medical and surgical patients who received heparin or a wide variety of other medications by this technic. The present communication summarizes this entire experience.Method§Polyethylene tubing, in 15-cm. lengths and 0.965 mm. in external diameter,¶ was filled with a solution of 1:1000 benzalkonium chloride (Zephiran Chloride) and immersed in sterile test tubes filled with the same . . .

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