If you have ever had general surgery, chances are you would have been administered intravenous (IV) fluids. A global shortage of multiple IV fluid products has prompted Australian health authorities ...

Prepared from the collective plasma of several thousand people, therapeutic intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) consists mostly of human polyspecific IgG. In addition to its use in primary and secondary ...

Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an ...

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is calling on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to utilize all available resources to tackle the national shortage of ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient ® announced today the expansion of the Vizient Reserve Program to include IV fluids through a strategic partnership with Baxter, a leading global medtech ...

Hurricane Helene’s flood-related damage to a key medical supply production facility last week in Marion, North Carolina, has serious potential to affect patient care nationally because it manufactures ...

When Hurricane Helene took out a factory making 60% of the country's IV fluids, it caused shortages that have led to canceled surgeries. A look at the effects and prospects for improvement. IV fluids ...

A newborn baby's weight loss is often used to determine how well a baby is breastfeeding. However, many women receive IV fluids during labor, and new research shows that some of a newborn's initial ...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is established for the treatment of several inflammatory neurological diseases, including Guillain–Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ...

Intravenous fluids given to a trauma victim at an accident site may not be the best treatment and in many cases may actually be counterproductive, increasing the risk that a patient will die, ...

A week after Hurricane Helene knocked out a factory that produces more than half of the country’s intravenous solutions, the president of a group that represents about 5,000 hospitals is suggesting ...