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  2. Y-Set (intravenous therapy) - Wikipedia

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    As Y-Sets [1] are the most common shaped sets, Y-Set is a name that is sometimes used to represent the family of connector sets (sometimes called Y-tubes). The majority of these infusion sets have a left and right hand line that deliver fluid and drugs (often via a valve) to a short common limb attached to the female fitting on the intravenous ...

  3. Piggybacking - Wikipedia

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    Piggybacking, a second infusion set onto the same intravenous line using a Y-Set (intravenous therapy) "Piggy-back technique", is a technique in liver transplantation in which the recipient inferior vena cava is preserved.

  4. Intravenous therapy - Wikipedia

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    Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrients for those who cannot, or will not—due to reduced mental states or otherwise—consume food or water by mouth.

  5. List of medical abbreviations: I - Wikipedia

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    intravenous piggyback (i.v. short-term infusion) IVPG: Intravenous pyogenic granuloma: IVSS Intravenous Soluset [1] IVU: intravenous urogram: IVUS: intravascular ...

  6. Parenteral nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Parenteral nutrition (PN), or intravenous feeding, is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, [1] bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion. The products are made by pharmaceutical compounding entities or standard pharmaceutical companies.

  7. Piggybacking (security) - Wikipedia

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    No Tailgating sign at Apple Inc. office. In security, piggybacking, similar to tailgating, refers to when a person tags along with another person who is authorized to gain entry into a restricted area, or pass a certain checkpoint. [1]

  8. This Family Drives 350 Miles For What Could Be A Common ...

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    Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...

  9. Piggybacking (Internet access) - Wikipedia

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    Piggybacking has become a widespread practice in the 21st century due to the advent of wireless Internet connections and wireless access points.Computer users who either do not have their own connections or who are outside the range of their own might find someone else's by wardriving or luck and use that one.