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Re: during delivery

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:46:47 -0500 (CDT)

At Tue, 11 Jun 2002, stephanie wrote: >
>During labor I do not wish to be constantly hooked to an I.V.. There is
>an alternative where you can have a shunt ? or something placed in a
>vein ahead of time. What is this called? Thank you.

Heplock. Basically, it is the hub of the IV without the tubing or the fluid bag. 

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG


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