Rapid warming of infusion solution.
A useful method was developed to warm solutions rapidly used for infusion and peritoneal irrigation, frozen plasma and blood for transfusion. It takes only two minutes to warm 1 liter of saline solution from a room temperature (24.5 degrees C.) to a body temperature (37.0 degrees C.) with the 600 w electronic range. The time necessary to warm a solution to any temperature can be simply determined. With an infrared sensor, the time setting is not necessary. A large volume of a solution can be rapidly warmed. The time necessary to warm any solution can be shortened with higher wattage. Whole blood did not suffer any change from the rapid warming. A living fish was also not damaged by the electronic range, which directly vibrates and heats water molecules with high frequency electromagnetic waves. With the present method, troublesome warming procedures which have been done in many hospitals, even at midnight, are not necessary anymore.
D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008872:Microwaves; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012996:Solutions; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012996:Solutions