INFUSION


Meaning of INFUSION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

continuous

These include continuous insulin infusion or plasma exchange.

The usual medication administered in this situation is a continuous epidural infusion .

The subjects had a continuous infusion glucose tolerance test.

The reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity of the continuous infusion glucose tolerance test have been reported.

intravenous

The intravenous infusion was removed when he was able to take fluids without feeling nauseated.

Our comments about sampling 15 minutes after the end of a dose applied to intravenous infusions .

At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound.

Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement.

Atropine given during intravenous infusion led to an immediate fall in acid output.

Under these circumstances an intravenous infusion of insulin provides a very convenient and reliable method for managing the diabetes.

The blood glucose should be monitored hourly after commencing an intravenous insulin infusion to ensure that the patient is not becoming hypoglycaemic.

To overcome this problem we have measured gastrin mediated acid secretion after the intravenous infusion of gastrin releasing peptide.

■ NOUN

rate

The statistical differences between the groups were the same at each infusion rate as that seen at 40 pmol/kg/h.

This infusion rate was needed to maintain a constant baseline pressure within the open biliary system.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

What the department needs is an infusion of new ideas.

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