A new set of studies has explored the saline used in intravenous fluids in hospitals and found that they may not be as safe as earlier believed. These two large studies have found that the presently ...

Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis. Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Using a low-chloride, balanced crystalloid solution for all intravenous (IV) fluids received by patients who received a deceased donor kidney transplant resulted in significantly ...

Lactated Ringer's solution yielded a similar composite risk of death or hospital readmission within 90 days as normal saline. A small absolute lower risk of 90-day mortality was seen, but it was not ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitalized patients given IV balanced fluids instead of saline showed a roughly 1% decreased incidence of death and serious kidney injury, according to results of two studies that ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Researchers at Vanderbilt University have a recommendation to medical providers: Don't use saline in intravenous bags. Vanderbilt researchers found that patients are better off if ...

Fluid therapy with a buffered crystalloid solution does not reduce the risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) or kidney failure relative to saline among intensive care unit (ICU) patients who need ...

"In an emergency department with a child with suspected sepsis, you can treat the child with whichever fluid is readily available." HealthDay News — For children treated for suspected septic shock, ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- More than 2 months have passed since a pair of hurricanes devastated Puerto Rico, and the impact goes on. Puerto Rico has more than 100 drug and medical device manufacturers, ...

Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis. In a new study, researchers from Imperial College London found saline ...

Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis. In a new study, researchers from Imperial College London found saline ...