Self-advocacy is crucial in healthcare, especially for patients with chronic conditions like cancer, to ensure proper care and treatment. Recognizing signs of IV infiltration and extravasation is ...

Phlebitis and infiltration are complications due to intravenous (IV) therapy. They can cause swelling, pain, and changes in the skin around the IV insertion site. Treatment typically resolves symptoms ...

Health authorities have suspended the use of 25 medicines and injections, including IV drips administered during Caesarean ...

Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) placement represents one of the most common procedures for establishing vascular access in clinical practice, primainly serving short-term intravenous infusion ...

A large-scale clinical trial found that intravenous infusion of exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog medication, during heart surgeries involving bypass did not significantly reduce the ...

Phlebitis stages indicates the severity of inflammation in a vein due to an intravenous (IV) catheter. The score ranges from 0–4, according to how severe the symptoms are. Symptoms in the early stage ...

Septic thrombophlebitis is an infection that can occur after the placement of special catheters in your veins. These catheters are used for treatment, but they can also lead to complications. There ...

A retrospective cohort study design was used. The study was conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) ...

Randomized phase II study of epirubicin (E) plus cyclophosphamide (C) vs. weekly paclitaxel (P) as primary systemic therapy (PST) in patients (pts) with stage II and III breast cancer (BC) ...