Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Does anyone have access to AMA Journals that can be kind enough to share this article? http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/68/2/167?maxtoshow= & hits=10 & RES ULTFORMAT= & searchid=1 & FIRSTINDEX=0 & minscore=50 & resourcetype=HWCIT Vol. 68 No. 2, February 1954 <http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/content/vol68/issue2/index.dtl> ARTICLES INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF COCONUT WATER BEN EISEMAN, M.D. AMA Arch Surg. 1954;68(2):167-178. Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF <http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/68/2/167> and any section headings. IN MANY of the underdeveloped areas of the world it is impossible locally to prepare solutions sufficiently pure to be employed for intravenous infusion. A major need, therefore, exists for an easily obtainable cheap source of sterile pyrogenfree fluid suitable for intravenous administration. The purpose of this communication is to present laboratory and clinical data concerning coconut water as a possible source of such intravenous fluid. Should this material prove to be satisfactory, it might be of benefit both to physicians now practicing in remote areas and under emergency military conditions where the normal sources of intravenous solutions have been interrupted. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study has been carried out in Bangkok, Thailand, and in St. Louis. The majority of the laboratory procedures have been undertaken in St. Louis; clinical trials have been done in both Thailand and St. Louis. The present study deals only with coconut water of low . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article <http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/68/2/167> ] Author Affiliations DENVER From the Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, and Hospital, St. Louis.; Associate Professor of Surgery, Colorado University School of Medicine, and Chief of Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Denver. S. Kalman PhD, RD, FACN Director, BD - Nutrition & Applied Clinical Trials Miami Research Associates 6280 Sunset Drive #600 Miami, FL. 33143 Direct - Office ext. 5109 Fax Email: dkalman@... Web: www.miamiresearch.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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