Smart pumps can help to prevent infusion-related programming errors, thanks to associated dose-limiting software known as "drug library".
Patients were premedicated with dexamethasone 20 mg p.o. 8 10 h prior to, and ranitidine 50 mg i.v., clemastine 2 mg i.v. and dexamethasone 20 mg i.v., 30 60 min before i.v. paclitaxel dosing, to prevent infusion-related hypersensitivity reactions.
The findings led the state to immediately issue a cease-and-desist order, Dr. Biondolillo said, preventing Infusion Resource from dispensing any drugs.
Ethics considerations prevented infusion of umbilical cord blood into an age-matched nondiabetic control group, so an age-matched group of type 1 diabetic subjects was used for comparison.
Only one patient (overall velaglucerase alfa group) took pre-infusion medication (diphenhydramine and dexamethasone) to prevent an infusion reaction.
Inline filtration prevents the infusion of potentially harmful particles.
The use of inline filtration with microfilters almost completely prevents particulate infusion.
Leu et al. (abstract 20) found that, as expected, an episode of hypoglycemia reduced the counterregulatory response to a second episode the next day; this was prevented by infusion of the opioid receptor blocker naloxone during the initial episode, suggesting that treatments blocking opioid signaling may have benefit in individuals with hypoglycemia unawareness.
The reduction of the number of contaminating tumour cells by CD34+ cell selection might also play a role in survival by preventing the infusion of higher numbers of tumour cells that might overwhelm the immune system and result in relapse (Brenner et al, 1993).
Oral administration with a hydroalcoholic extract of areca nuts prevented nitroglycerine infusion-induced inflammatory responses and induced analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects in a murine hot plate model [ 14, 15].
In order to prevent a propofol infusion syndrome, we do not use more than 4 mg/kg per hour of propofol in ICU patients.
