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# IV therapy and fluids

Peripheral IV lines, their care and complications, IV solutions, transfusion and fluid balance.

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## Procedure

- [**Blood transfusion: bedside checks, monitoring and reactions** Two clinicians check the patient and the unit at the bedside, baseline vitals are taken, and the…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/blood-transfusion-bedside-checks-monitoring-and-reactions/)
- [**Caring for a peripheral IV line: flushing, dressing and when to remove it** A peripheral IV is checked at every contact, flushed without force, kept covered and removed as…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/caring-for-a-peripheral-iv-line-flushing-dressing-and-when-to-remove-it/)
- [**Central venous catheter care** A central line is handled with strict aseptic technique: an intact dressing, a disinfected…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/central-venous-catheter-care/)
- [**Inserting a peripheral IV catheter** You choose an arm vein, clean the skin, insert the catheter with aseptic technique, secure it…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/inserting-a-peripheral-iv-catheter/)

## Calculation

- [**Fluid balance: recording intake and output** Fluid balance is what goes in minus what comes out over a period; with daily weights, it shows…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/fluid-balance-recording-intake-and-output/)

## Assessment

- [**IV complications: phlebitis, infiltration and extravasation** Phlebitis is an inflamed vein; infiltration is fluid outside the vein; extravasation is the same…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/iv-complications-phlebitis-infiltration-and-extravasation/)

## Fundamental

- [**IV solutions from the nursing side** Isotonic solutions stay in the vessels, hypotonic ones move into cells, and hypertonic ones draw…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/iv-solutions-from-the-nursing-side/)

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