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Administration of Electrolytes
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Fluids and electrolytes will be given to help prevent dehydration and shock. The process that leads to megacolon can be treated medically first.
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When weight loss or lack of appetite becomes severe, nutrition can be given by vein. This allows you to get the protein, vitamins, and other nutrients your body needs for energy. This special nutrition solution can be given into an implanted port, a tunneled catheter, or any other long-term catheter placed in a large vein.
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When patients cannot use their gastrointestinal tracts for nutrition, parenteral nutrition may be used to maintain or improve the patient''s nutritional status. This form of intravenous treatment provides all the nutrients that are delivered to the...
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Intravenous rehydration is the process by which sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle which is inserted into a vein.Intravenous rehydration is used to resto...
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Intravenous rehydrationDefinition Sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar, are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle that is inserted into a vein. Purpose Fever, vomiting, and diarrhea can cause a per...
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Intravenous(IV) fluid regulation refers to the manual or automatic pump control of the rate of flow of IV fluids as they are delivered to a patient through a vein.The purpose of intravenous fluid regulation is to control the amount of fluid that a...
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses a special chamber, sometimes called a pressure chamber, to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood.Some, but not very many, hospitals have a hyperbaric chamber. Smaller units may be available in outpatient center....
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In colon resection, a portion of the colon is removed (resected) during surgery. The most common types of colorectal resection are listed below.
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