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Abstract
Objectives: This study is performed to determine the effects of fluid height, inner catheter diameter, and peripheral venous pressure on room-temperature intravenous fluid administration.
Methods: We employed the Bernoulli equation, with frictional forces considered for volumetric analysis.
Results: The results of this study demonstrate that infusion-set height, catheter size, fluid type, and blood pressure significantly affect flow rates. Under normotensive conditions, flow rates ranged from 58.2 to 10,743.18 cc/h, with the highest rates observed at a 1 m infusion-set height and larger catheters. Additionally, 6% hetastarch exhibited the lowest flow rates, while 0.9% normal saline showed the highest. Under hypertensive conditions, slightly higher infusion-set elevations were required for measurable flow rates, but they remained lower than those under normotensive conditions.
Conclusion: This study investigates the mechanics of peripheral venous fluid therapy and provides foundational data for future nursing research on fluid management.
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Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free for readers), which publishes original theoretical and empirical work in the interdisciplinary area of all aspects of medicine and health care research. Healthcare publishes Original Research Articles, Reviews, Case Reports, Research Notes and Short Communications. We encourage researchers to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. For theoretical papers, full details of proofs must be provided so that the results can be checked; for experimental papers, full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Additionally, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculations, experimental procedure, etc., can be deposited along with the publication as “Supplementary Material”.