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Bloodstream infection risk rises sharply after 3 days of peripheral IV catheter use, suggesting replacement by day 4 may help prevent serious complications.

--Grace Therapeutics, Inc., a late-stage, biopharma company advancing GTx-104, a clinical-stage, novel, injectable formulation of nimodipine being developed for IV infusion to address significant ...

Intravenous medications can be divided into three major subcategories: 1) non-vesicants, 2) irritants, and 3) vesicants. In order for an infiltration to be a true extravasation, the offending ...

A peripheral IV line should be initiated, and the 100-mL zoledronic acid solution infused over no less than 15 minutes. This corresponds to a drip rate of 133 drops/minute or 33 drops/15 seconds ...

Use of the femoral vein for self-administration of drugs is increasing among intravenous drug users. We report an unusual source of haemorrhage in an habitual intravenous drug user involved in trauma.

Background: Topical anaesthetics reduce the pain of venous cannulation. The emergency department at the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland uses EMLA (an eutectic mixture of 25 mg/g lidocaine and ...