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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

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Abstract

PADRON ALVAREZ, Jorge E et al. Intra-osseous approach in pediatric resuscitation. 2001-2002. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2004, vol.8, n.2, pp.94-101. ISSN 1561-3194.

The establishment of an access in Circulation is a very important component in resuscitation. The intraosseous infusion was described for the first time in 1922 and use to administer medications in 1940 allowing a fast intravascular access in critically ill patients. A longitudinal, prospective and descriptive research was carried out at Intensive Care Pediatric Unit belonging to Comandante Pinares General Hospital, San Cristobal, Pinar del Rio aimed at showing its benefits in child resuscitation mainly in emergent situations. During January 1999 to December 2001 eleven patients under 5 years old needing resuscitation measures were studied. A survey taking into account age, diagnosis at admission, time obtained for route and maintenance, drugs, administration of fluids and complications was conducted. Descriptive method, frequency distribution and proportion test were statistically used. Concluding that 28.2 % (11) of the sample required intraosseous infusions, infants (under 6 months) suffering from severe dehydration needed this via (54.5 %) (6), it was obtained (less than a minute) the 81.8 % (7) of the patients and the maintenance was 4 hours in the 90.9 % of the cases studied, drugs and fluids having a greater administration were catecholamines and hypertonic saline solution in 63.6 % and in 100 % of the cases respectively, this technique provoked scarcely complications, only 9.1 % could be reported.

Keywords : INTRAOSSEOUS INFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; CATECHOLAMINES; INTRAVASCULAR ACCESS.

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