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- Title
Importance of Intravenous Fluid administration in Patients' Reference to the Emergency Department from Patients and Their Companions' Point of View.
- Authors
Ala, Alireza; Vahdati, Samad Shams; Kheslati, Elham; Aghdam, Babak Abri; Rahnemayan, Sama
- Abstract
Objectives: In this study, we evaluated the importance and effect of fluid therapy in patients referred to the emergency department in terms of patient satisfaction from recovery. Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 215 patients and 290 companions were included. Patients who were prescribed intravenous fluids in the emergency room of a university hospital, and their companions were asked questions about the importance of fluid therapy in improving their clinical symptoms and filled a questionnaire about the importance of fluid therapy in the process of patients' recovery. Results: Overall 54.9% of patients and 43.1% of their relatives believed that they cannot recover unless they receive IV fluid therapy with suitable medicine. Also 97.2% of patients and 96.6% of their companions thought that drugs effects increase if they are administered with IV fluid. Conclusions: Based on the findings of this study, unfortunately the majority of patients and patients' companions commented on a topic outside their specialty despite not having sufficient and academic information about treatment and medicine. The effectiveness and usefulness of serum therapy has also been acknowledged.
- Subjects
INTRAVENOUS therapy; HOSPITAL emergency services; PATIENT satisfaction; FLUID therapy; SEROTHERAPY
- Publication
Gazi Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 33, Issue 4, p352
- ISSN
1300-056X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12996/gmj.2022.79