————————————— DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ————————————— • Administer oxaliplatin in combination with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin every 2 weeks. (2.1): – Day 1: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m intravenous infusion in 250–500 mL 5% Dextrose Injection, USP and leucovorin 200 mg/m intravenous infusion in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP both given over 120 minutes at the same time in separate bags using a Y-line, follow...

Sixty minutes' intravenous glucose infusion tests were carried out in normal subjects, borderline cases, and diabetics which were diagnosed by 50 g oral glucose tolerance test . Infusion was performed at the rate of 5 mg/kg/min . or 15 mg/kg/min. using 5% or 10% glucose. The difference in the insulin responses among thesegroups was rather marked in the case of 15 mg/kg/min. infusion of 10% gluc...

dministering cancer chemotherapy by continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI) has several potential advantages over administration by short intravenous infusions1 and has been facilitated by the development of portable infusion pumps.2 In a study by Wilson et al.,3 the EPOCH regimen—etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cylophosphamide, and doxorubicin—was shown to be highly effective and well toler...

The intraocular pressure was measured at 5-minute intervals with a Perkins applanation tonometer in 5 patients undergoing routine dacryocystorhinostomy under low-tension anaesthesia with a continuous intravenous infusion of trimetaphan (Arfonad), the systolic pressure being maintained at 66 mmHg. Twelve patients undergoing cataract surgery under the same premedication and anaesthesia but in who...

Warfarin requirements are lower in the Chinese, but it is not known if this applies to heparin. We investigated the optimal dose for heparin therapy in Chinese patients, and to assess relationship between i.v. heparin dosage and anticoagulation efficacy. One hundred Chinese patients requiring intravenous heparin therapy were given an initial bolus followed by continuous intravenous infusion. Th...