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Postgrad Med J 2004;80:1-6 doi:10.1136/pmj.2003.010421
  • Review

Intravenous therapy

  1. C Waitt1,
  2. P Waitt2,
  3. M Pirmohamed3
  1. 1Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2University Hospital Aintree, Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust and Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor Munir Pirmohamed
 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK; munirpliv.ac.uk
  • Received 15 August 2003
  • Accepted 8 September 2003

Abstract

Intravenous administration of fluids, drugs, and nutrition is very common in hospitals. Although insertion of peripheral and central cannulae and subsequent intravenous therapy are usually well tolerated, complications that prolong hospitalisation, and in some cases cause death, can arise on occasions. Additionally, many cannulae are inserted unnecessarily. This article seeks to review this area and to outline good medical practice.

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