Intravenous (IV) therapy is administering fluids directly into a vein. It benefits treatment by enabling water, medication, blood, or nutrients to access the body faster through the circulatory system ...

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...

Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Hospitals across the country are struggling to conserve and stretch their supplies of IV fluids in the wake of a shortage brought on by Hurricane Helene, ...

Lactated ringers and normal saline are both types of intravenous (IV) fluids. IV fluids are given whenever there is a concern about maintaining fluid balance. Each type of IV fluid has different ...

Surgery was Katie Adase's best chance at finally getting a diagnosis for the chronic pelvic pain that has been plaguing her for years. "I couldn't do laundry or walk to the grocery store or even cook ...

Federal regulators have approved a change to the expiration dates for multiple types of intravenous (IV) and sterile fluids made at a key manufacturing plant recovering from the impact of Hurricane ...

Q: Our reimbursement specialist says we’ve missed several opportunities to code IV fluids given at the hospital on the 5-day PPS assessment. How is this information reported and supported? A:IV fluids ...

Also, the high influx of patients increases the chances of errors in monitoring fluid transfusions. Hence, end-users are increasingly adopting IV monitoring devices to ensure patient safety. These ...

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...