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  2. Helene spurs IV fluid shortage. Milton could make it worse - AOL

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    Baxter International’s IV fluid manufacturing facility in Marion, N.C., supplied roughly 60 percent of the IV solution used by hospitals in the U.S. every day until Helene temporarily halted ...

  3. How Nashville hospitals are handling IV, dialysis fluid ... - AOL

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    Most of Nashville's hospitals have a healthy supply of fluids, but they are continuing to assess sometimes daily and search for back-up elsewhere. How Nashville hospitals are handling IV, dialysis ...

  4. US hospitals strained by IV fluid supply limits after Helene ...

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    Baxter supplies about 60% of IV fluids to hospitals in the US, and some rely exclusively on Baxter products. Although the US Food and Drug Administration has not declared any new shortages related ...

  5. Hospitals' IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks

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    Some switched patients who can drink fluids to Gatorade or water instead of giving them an IV. Hospitals also have started postponing planned procedures that can wait, like some orthopedic surgeries or heart procedures, said Dr. Chris DeRienzo, chief physician executive for the American Hospital Association.

  6. 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.

  7. Hospitals urge emergency steps on IV fluid shortage after ...

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    Mass General Brigham, which operates a network of hospitals in New England, said last week that it received only 40% of its usual supply of IV fluid from Baxter. The Florida Hospital Association ...

  8. Fluid replacement - Wikipedia

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    Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. . Fluids can be replaced with oral rehydration therapy (drinking), intravenous therapy, rectally such as with a Murphy drip, or by hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tis

  9. Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids ...

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    The site typically provides about 60% of IV fluids to hospitals across the US, and the disruptions have led to multiple new shortages. Some manufacturing at the plant resumed this week, Baxter ...