TY - JOUR
T1 - The intravenous use of coconut water
AU - Campbell-Falck, Darilyn
AU - Thomas, Tamara
AU - Falck, Troy M.
AU - Tutuo, Narco
AU - Clem, Kathleen
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Medical resources routinely used for intravenous hydration and resuscitation of critically ill patients may be limited in remote regions of the world. When faced with these shortages, physicians have had to improvise with the available resources, or simply do without. We report the successful use of coconut water as a short-term intravenous hydration fluid for a Solomon Island patient, a laboratory analysis of the local coconuts, and a review of previously documented intravenous coconut use. Copyright (C) 2000 W.B. Saunders Company.
AB - Medical resources routinely used for intravenous hydration and resuscitation of critically ill patients may be limited in remote regions of the world. When faced with these shortages, physicians have had to improvise with the available resources, or simply do without. We report the successful use of coconut water as a short-term intravenous hydration fluid for a Solomon Island patient, a laboratory analysis of the local coconuts, and a review of previously documented intravenous coconut use. Copyright (C) 2000 W.B. Saunders Company.
KW - Coconut water
KW - Intravenous hydration
KW - Solomon Islands
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U2 - 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90062-7
DO - 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90062-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0735-6757
VL - 18
SP - 108
EP - 111
JO - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 1
ER -