释义 |
piggyback device A device used to optimise the IV delivery of fluids and drugs being infused at different rates; in such devices, the reservoir and the valve controlling the rate of delivery are separate, while the delivery port—e.g., an IV access line—is sharedpiggyback device Critical care A device used to optimize the IV delivery of fluids and drugs being infused at different rates; in PBDs, the reservoir and the valve controlling the rate of delivery are separate, while the delivery port–eg, an IV access line is shared |