Standards of practice should be established for postoperative IV solutions used to hydrate patients—particularly children. The standards should acknowledge that the administration of solutions with ...

To assess the effect and toxicity of hypotonic cisplatin treatment (HPT) consisting of the intrapleural administration of cisplatin in distilled water for malignant pleural effusion in patients with ...

In general, 0.25% saline is rarely used as a hydration fluid by itself. Because of the tonicity gradient, free water would enter the red blood cells, causing them to swell. This could lead to cell ...

A critical aspect of the care of acutely ill patients is the administration of intravenous fluids. Intravenous fluids may be required as a bolus infusion for resuscitation or as a continuous infusion ...

Winkler, H., Goetze, E., and Meinerzhagen, K., Acta biol. med. germ., 7, 349 (1961).

A method has been developed to obtain synchronous populations from a human cell line which previously resisted the use of the selective harvest technique. A concentration of Colcemid was determined ...