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 ...

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Carlee A. Clark, M.D., lead author of the MUSC study, and her team reduced IV fluid use by 60% before and after surgery immediately after the shortage began. Patients continued with their own oral ...

Stomach flu can cause diarrhea and vomiting that dehydrate you quickly. You may need fluids delivered through your veins so that you can recover. Stomach flu happens when a virus causes an infection ...

ABILENE, Texas — Hospitals have been forced to ration IV fluids and find new ways of hydrating patients after a factory that produces IV fluids flooded during Hurricane Helene. Clay Lohse, the owner ...

WASHINGTON STATE — A nationwide shortage of IV fluids is delaying surgeries and forcing hospitals and healthcare facilities to find ways to conserve specially formulated liquids. Several hospitals in ...

CARE PROVIDERS SAY IT’S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO NEWS NINE, A MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SAYS IN PART THEY, QUOTE, MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO DEFER SOME ...