RT Book, Section
A1 Wang, Hao
A1 Higgins, Tyson Jay
A1 Robinson, Richard Dean
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159800184
T1 Proctoclysis
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159800184
RD 2024/04/19
AB Proctoclysis  is  also  known  as  rectal  infusion,  a  Murphy  drip,  or  rectoclysis.1  It  is  defined  as  the  slow  infusion  of  fluids  and/or  medications  into  the  rectum  as  a  therapeutic  intervention.  John  Benjamin  Murphy,  an  American  surgeon,  introduced  the  infusion  of  rectal  saline  solution  to  treat  patients  with  peritonitis  in  1909.2,3  This  infusion  technique  was  used  in  World  War  I  to  treat  soldiers  in  hypovolemic  shock.  Proctoclysis  was  popular  during  times  when  intravenous  techniques  were  less  advanced.4  With  the  widespread  use  of  intravenous  (Chapters  59  and  61,  62,  63,  64)  or  intraosseous  infusion  (Chapter  70)  techniques,  proctoclysis  has  become  less  favorable  and  is  rarely  used  in  Emergency  Medicine.1  It  still  plays  an  important  role  in  the  resuscitation  and  treatment  of  critically  ill  patients  in  remote  or  rural  settings,  especially  by  Emergency  Medical  Technicians  (EMTs).