What is the " retrograde IV injection"?

iluvivt, BSN, RN · Oct 7, 2009

It is a technique often used for pediatric IV administration of medication..it was used more frequently when we did not have the nice pumps that are available now......it is kind of difficult to describe..but I can look for a description

Kitty kitty · Oct 7, 2009

To Iluvivt ;

Thank you for your reply.

If you can find the description,

please let me know.

I appreciate your kindness.:loveya:

Kitty kitty

jorogume · Oct 7, 2009

Hello Kitty kitty, hope this helps.

"A retrograde method of medication is less commonly used in the neonatal intensive care unit. A specific volume (less than 1 mL) retrograde administration set, with an access port at each end, is attached and primed along with the primary administration set. To administer medications via the system, a medication-filled syringe if attached to the port most proximal to the patient, an empty syringe is connected to the port most distal from the patient, the clamp between the port and the child is closed, and the medication is injected distally up the tubing (away from the child). The solution in the retrograde tubing is displaced upward in the tubing into the empty syringe. Both syringes are removed, the lower clamp is opened, and the medication is the infused into the patient at the prescribed rate. The medication volume is then automatically incorporated into the regulated amount of fluid to be infused.
This method is often used in infants who cannot tolerate a rapid infusion rate or additional fluid volume; in this method, the medication infuses at the same rate set for the IV infusion"

source:

Infusion Nursing: An Evidence-Based Approach by Infusion Nurses Society, Mary Alexander, Ann Corrigan, and Lisa Gorski RN MS C, May 8, 2009

Kitty kitty · Oct 7, 2009

Hi jorogume,

Thank you for your detailed explanation.

I appreciate it.

Now ,I can imagine the retrograde IV injection more than before.

And maybe I need to see the real situation to use that way.

Thank you again.:loveya:

Kitty kitty

iluvivt, BSN, RN · Oct 10, 2009

Tx Kitty kitty for finding that description