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* Intravenous injection – Putting a fluid into a vein with a needle and syringe.
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Intravenous injection of an unnaturally high concentration of potassium chloride, such as in the execution of prisoners in parts of the United States, quickly stops the heart by eliminating the cell potential necessary for muscle contraction.
* Intravenous Marijuana Syndrome, the clinical name for symptoms occurring after IV injection of boiled cannabis
Intravenous injection of glucose, which increases the release of insulin, is also found to inhibit cyclic elevation of plasma motilin.
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Once a diagnosis of JDMS is made, the treatment is often a 3-day course of Intravenous (" pulse ") steroids ( methylprednisolone, Solu-Medrol ), followed by a high dose of oral prednisone ( usually 1 – 2 mg / kg of body weight ) for several weeks.
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Intravenous therapy may be used to correct electrolyte imbalances, to deliver medications, for blood transfusion or as fluid replacement to correct, for example, dehydration.
Intravenous fluids are often administered to counteract the fluid loss due to vomiting and diarrhea.
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Intravenous drug users tend to get their right-sided heart valves infected because the veins that are injected drain into the right side of the heart.
* Intravenous glucose and insulin stimulates potassium uptake into the cell by the Na-K ATPase and may reduce weakness without a loss of total body potassium.
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Intravenous Gamma globulin was FDA-approved in 2004 to reduce antibodies in a patient with kidney failure to allow that person to accept a kidney from a donor with a different blood type ( ABO-incompatible ), or is an unacceptable tissue match.
: Intravenous meropenem is routinely used in Australia: outcomes appear to be good and meropenem is currently being tested with ceftazidime in a Thai clinical trial ( ATOM ).
Intravenous sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate are pharmacologic agents commonly used as adjunctive therapy to treat hyperammonemia in patients with urea cycle enzyme deficiencies.
Intravenous ribavirin is effective against La Crosse encephalitis virus in the laboratory, and several studies in patients with severe, brain biopsy confirmed, La Crosse encephalitis are ongoing.
* Intravenous saline-For very symptomatic patients ( severe confusion, convulsions, or coma ) hypertonic saline ( 2. 7 % or 3 %) 1-2 ml / kg IV in 3-4 h should be given, with consideration to giving Furosemide IV at the start in order to avoid hypervolaemic consequence of hypertonic infusion.
* Intravenous solutions with dextran function both as volume expanders and means of parenteral nutrition.
* IVIG ( Intravenous Immunoglobulin ) infusions may be helpful for patients whose POTS is caused by autonomic neuropathy associated with Guillain Barre Syndrome, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ( CIDP ), Sjogren's Syndrome or other autoimmune diseases.
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Intravenous corticosteroids have also been found to reduce the risk of developing MS in the following two years in those patients who have MRI lesions ; but this effect disappears by the third year of follow up.
Intravenous immunoglobulin ( IVIG ) treatment has shown some promise in reducing the length of the reaction and improving symptoms.
Intravenous corticosteroids, usually hydrocortisone or dexamethasone, are not recommended for routine use but may be useful if there is a risk of airway obstruction, severe thrombocytopenia, or hemolytic anemia.
Intravenous fentanyl is extensively used for anesthesia and analgesia, most often in operating rooms and intensive care units.
Intravenous sodium bicarbonate is an aqueous solution that is sometimes used for cases of acidosis, or when there are insufficient sodium or bicarbonate ions in the blood.
Intravenous agents often used to alter / suppress platelet function include: abciximab, eptifibatide, tirofiban.
Intravenous injections should be given slowly and patients closely monitored for side effects, such as respiratory depression, hypotension, or loss of airway control.
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