Even for infusion, American hospitals have strict operating procedures, such as thorough disinfection of instruments and the use of disposable needles. There is even no "antipyretic needle", and non-drug therapy is generally advocated, such as rest and strengthening nutrition. Many Americans are very surprised to learn that China people often need infusion when they have a cold and fever, because when they are sick, the doctor just says to rest more and drink more water.
When the general patient's body temperature is below 38.5℃, take medicine or use ice packs to reduce fever physically; When the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, and the fever persists or the patient is seriously dehydrated, which leads to the disorder of body fluids and electrolytes, intravenous drip fever is the last choice.
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Advantages of infusion:
1, which is easy to reach the therapeutic concentration of the drug and can continuously maintain the constant concentration required for the therapeutic effect.
2. Drugs that stimulate muscles and subcutaneous tissues can be injected intravenously.
3. It can quickly replenish the fluid or blood lost by the body.
4. Intravenous nutrition infusion.
Disadvantages of infusion:
1, improper handling may easily cause systemic or local infection.
2, drug overdose or drip too fast, easy to produce adverse reactions, and even life-threatening.
3, continuous excessive infusion, easy to cause excessive circulation load, or electrolyte imbalance.
4. The increase of iatrogenic diseases.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-intravenous infusion