Monday, July 30, 2012
Students develop mousetrap IV drip to tackle dehydration in developing world
In regions of the world economically excluded about 1.5 million children die of dehydration each year. When patients come to hospital for intravenous treatment, may not be enough staff to control the drip, and the child can die of receiving the wrong amount of liquid, which is also potentially fatal cases over-hydration. To help health workers in these places, engineering students at Rice University have developed a prototype of a system of drip technically simple but ingenious IV, which adds an element of automation of the process. .. Continue reading Students develop drip intravenous mousetrap to deal with dehydration in the developing world
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Health and Wellness
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- mechanical Engineering
- autonomous, Rice University
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