To compare the patency duration of a peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) using either continuous infusion with 5% dextrose or intermittent flushing with 0.9% saline. Duration of PIVC patency was ...

A factor that could have affected the findings of this meta-analysis is that the total dosage of the antibiotic administered differed between the two treatment groups in most of the studies.

Seizures are a well known side effect of BU administration, especially at the high doses used for pre-transplant conditioning regimens; they occur in 10% of adults and 7.5% of children, and are ...

Influence of surgery on metachronous distant metastases and survival in rectal cancer. The administration of fluorouracil (5-FU) by continuous intravenous infusion (CI) is an alternative to the bolus ...

S100-Beta, Melanoma-Inhibiting Activity, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Discriminate Progressive From Nonprogressive American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage IV Melanoma PURPOSE: To evaluate the ...

An intravenous (IV) injection is an injection of a medication or another substance into a vein and directly into the bloodstream. It is one of the fastest ways to get a drug into the body, often ...