Dextrose and insulin fluid formulation for intravenous infusion

Patients receive intravenous fluids in the form of, fluid, media, nutrients minerals vitamins antibiotics and other life saving drugs in a number of clinical conditions. It is also reliable and effective means of providing them predictable effects with minimum of inconvenience. This may be the only means of treatment feasible on many occasions as a measure of resuscitative procedure to revive the patients from critically ill state to a state of survival and back to normal life. The presently available fluids are inadequate in all aspect except the water content of the need of the patient. They are hypotonic in effect even though they are isotonic when used in critical conditions. The author has been feeling, the needs of the patients under such circumstances by the presently infused fluids are hardly met. Thus putting the patient in a state of disadvantage to face the situation and to recover back to normal. With the development of science the desires and expectations of the patients keep on improving in terms of better results, at less cost, effort and loss of working time, in previously treatable cases. And revival and prolongation of life when earlier they were not possible. Much has been achieved in these directions in medical science. As part of the treatment even today the intravenous infusions consist mainly of water dextrose electrolytes. Subsequently the same route has been utilized for administration of antibiotics, proteins and lipid solutions along with many other soluble materials needed in particular instances.