New research calls into question what's in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitalized patients given IV balanced fluids ...

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 ...

Using a crystalloid solution during surgery was better than saline for improving deceased donor kidney transplant outcomes, according to the BEST-Fluids trial. Compared with standard saline IV fluids, ...

The FDA on March 21 shared recommendations for healthcare organizations to conserve prefilled 0.9 percent sodium chloride intravenous lock/flush syringes amid a national shortage. 1. Use ...

A new set of studies has explored the saline used in intravenous fluids in hospitals and found that they may not be as safe as earlier believed. These two large studies have found that the presently ...

Hospitals around the country are struggling with a shortage of one of their most relied upon fluids. Reid Kennedy walks through the basement of San Francisco General Hospital. He’s in charge of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado hospitals are working overtime to find stock and are changing their daily practices to protect patients in the wake of an urgent national shortage ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare finds there may be a better and safer treatment option for emergency department and hospital patients than saline solution, which is used as an ...

Nial Wheate in the past has received funding from the ACT Cancer Council, Tenovus Scotland, Medical Research Scotland, Scottish Crucible, and the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance. He is a ...

To determine the efficacy of heparinized saline administered as intermittent flush on functional duration of the peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) in neonates. A total of 120 neonates were ...