Latest Intravenous fluids Stories

TORONTO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Le Sueur, MN, Bimeda Inc., on behalf of the manufacturer, Bimeda-MTC Animal Health Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Calcium Gluconate, one lot of Dextrose 50%, and one lot of Hypertonic Saline, all of which are in the form of injectable fluids, to the user level. These injectable fluids are being recalled as a precautionary measure; because of departures from customary sterility procedures, sterility cannot be entirely assured. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Anne Kallin Zehren has been named the new CEO of Drip Drop Inc., a medical and consumer start-up dedicated to the advancement of oral rehydration solutions (ORS). Zehren brings decades of executive leadership as an entrepreneur in start-up and turnaround scenarios. Zehren's specialty is in spurring rapid growth. "With Anne, Drip Drop has a CEO with a proven track record of success leading early-stage companies to great financial...

Contrary to the positive findings of a previous pilot study, administration of a sodium bicarbonate-based infusion to induce urinary alkalinization during and after surgery does not reduce the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and may even cause harm in patients undergoing open heart surgery. These are the conclusions of a study by Anja Haase-Fielitz of the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany, Rinaldo Bellomo of the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and...

Starch-based intravenous (IV) fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Based on data from 25 randomized control trials, the researchers concluded that starch-based colloid fluids, used to stabilize patients with low blood pressure, are not only more expensive than saline-based crystalloid fluids, but may also be causing around...

Although an intravenous fluid that paramedics in Japan often give to patients in cardiac arrest before they reach hospital may help restore circulation, it may also be linked to reduced survival with minimal neurological or physical damage one month later, according to a study from Japan published in this week's PLOS Medicine. In Japan, intravenous fluid loading with lactated Ringer's solution (a mixture of salts and sodium lactate) is included in resuscitation guidelines for patients who...

In an analysis of studies that examined critically ill patients requiring an increase in blood fluid volume, intravenous use of the fluid hydroxyethyl starch, compared with other resuscitation solutions, was not associated with decreased mortality, according to an article appearing in the February 20 issue of JAMA. Moreover, after exclusion of 7 trials performed by an investigator whose research has been retracted because of scientific misconduct, the analysis of the remaining studies...

Anesthesiologist Dr. Jason Burke opts for alternative methods of treatment by serving injectable and intravenous vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants at recently opened Vita Heaven. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 Veteran anesthesiologist Dr. Jason Burke serves injectable vitamin B-complex and intravenous vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants at his Las Vegas based Vita Heaven, a premiere vitamin and nutrition center. Following in similar footsteps as its beloved sister company,...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Drip Drop, Inc., a medical start-up dedicated to the scientific advancement and application of oral rehydration solutions (ORS), announces equity funding led by Pacific Advantage Capital. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121107/SF08141) The result of years of research, Drip Drop® ORS is an advanced form of ORS that builds upon The World Health Organization's oral rehydration therapy standards. "We are delighted with the...

CINCINNATI, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CarePoint Partners (CarePoint) announced that ivA Lifetec (Lifetec) -- a healthcare company that provides home infusion and specialty infusion in conjunction with home health nursing throughout the Houston, Texas metropolitan region - will adopt the CarePoint Partners name. The name change was effective November 1st. CarePoint acquired Lifetec in January of 2011 to expand its coverage in Texas, complementing its Austin, Dallas and...

SYDNEY, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A landmark study by Australian and New Zealand researchers has found that a widely used starch fluid for resuscitation of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) provides no clinical benefit and its use results in increased acute kidney failure (haemodialysis) when compared to normal saline. The findings of CHEST (The Crystalloid vs Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial) have the potential to change the way patients are treated in ICUs across the world....