It can deliver fluids and medications that would be overly irritating to peripheral veins because of their concentration or chemical composition.
Scarring of the peripheral veins - This arises from the use of blunt injecting equipment.
As the wave is reflected at the peripheral veins, it runs back in a centripetal fashion.
I gave him a small shot of morphine to get the peripheral veins to start dilating.
A line is fed through a peripheral vein until it reaches the right atrium of the heart.
Drugs that are prone to cause phlebitis in peripheral veins (caustic), such as:
Sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles are administered in solution through injection into a peripheral vein.
It can be administered through a peripheral vein rather than a central implanted catheter as required for other similar drugs.
Through a peripheral vein, insulin is infused at 10-120 mU per m per minute.
This involves passing a small wire through a peripheral vein and into the abdominal veins that drain the testes.