And experts often disagree on which IV fluids are best, leading to wide variation in practice.

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There can be serious consequences if the wrong amount or composition of IV fluids is prescribed.

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In addition to IV fluids and nutrition, she has been able to eat a small amount of food.

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In the emergency department she was found to have influenza and was admitted for IV fluids and oxygen therapy.

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Kellogg says FEMA didn't supply things like IV fluids, medicines, bandages, cages, carriers so people could take their pets with them when they evacuated on helicopters and planes.

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Data gathered by the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) suggests as many as one in five patients on intravenous (IV) fluids have complications or die because of inappropriate administration.

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