TY - JOUR
AU - Irwin, W. A.
AB - J. T. ELSTON, M.D.,f R. V. JAYNES, M.D.,t D. H. KAUMP, M.D., AND W. A. IRWIN, M.D. From the Departments of Pediatrics, f Pathology and Radiology, Providence Hospital, Detroit, Michigan In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the problem of parenteral infusions in infants. It appears now tha t there is not only a constant but a safe portal of entry in the medullary cavities of the long bones of the legs. Tocantins discovered that fluids injected into the medullary cavity of bones in experimental animals entered the general circulation at a very rapid rate. This principle applied to human infusions proved to have wide application where 8,10 13 intravenous infusion was not practical or possible. - Previously, the danger of dislodgment of fat with production of fat embolism had been ruled 3 5 out. ' Since 1941, several articles concerning intraosseous infusion have appeared 1 14 in the literature • indicating tha t this manner of infusion in th e hands of many workers is satisfactory, and that the incidence of complications is low. TECHNIC Our routine kit for intraosseous infusions is prepared and sterilized in advance, and contains the following: a Turkel trephine needle; a 
TI - Intraosseous Infusions in Infants
JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology
DO - 10.1093/ajcp/17.2.143
DA - 1947-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/intraosseous-infusions-in-infants-2Mysmd49Qz
SP - 143
EP - 150
VL - 17
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -