• DocumentCode
    1384482
  • Title

    Simplified approach to assessing intravenous flow characteristics in the therapeutic infusion range

  • Author

    Philip, James H. ; Philip, Beverly K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Anesthesia, Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    1093
  • Lastpage
    1094
  • Abstract
    It is shown that the pressure-flow (P-F) relationship in intravenous infusion systems can be simply described by the flow parameters R L (linear-resistance) and F E (flow nonlinearity). The relative-pressure error due to nonlinear flow is found to be insignificant in the flow range used for therapeutic intravenous infusion therapy (F\n\n\t\t
  • Keywords
    biological fluid dynamics; patient treatment; flow nonlinearity; fluid resuscitation; intravenous flow characteristics; linear resistance; pressure-flow relationship; relative-pressure error; therapeutic intravenous infusion therapy; Elasticity; Electrons; Force sensors; Hospitals; Injuries; Instruments; Robots; Shoulder; System testing; Viscosity; Infusions, Intravenous; Models, Theoretical; Rheology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/10.8696
  • Filename
    8696