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unusual facts about Intravenous



ADH-1

In a pilot study (phase I trial) at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, ADH-1 intravenous pretreatment before chemotherapy in metastatic melanoma completely destroyed tumors in half the patients, normally a very deadly cancer.

Aquapheresis

Patients must discontinue any anticoagulant medications before starting aquapheresis so they can be placed on intravenous Heparin therapy.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

Peramivir is an intravenous (i.v.) antiviral drug being developed for the treatment of influenza.

David Nalin

Nalin had the key insight that Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) would work if the volume of solution patients drank matched the volume of their fluid losses, and that this would drastically reduce or completely replace the only current treatment for cholera, intravenous therapy.

Hyperimmune

Hyperimmune globulin, a substance similar to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)

Julio Gervacio

The days following the fight, Gervacio had to undergo reconstructive jaw surgery, having to be fed with intravenous cables.

Medical Australia Limited

It supplies over 140 products to public and private hospitals and critical care services worldwide, including: Burettes Sets, Extension Sets, Intravenous Sets, Irrigation Sets, Transfusion Sets and TUTA Hand Pump Sets.

Remifentanil

Remifentanil can be administered as part of an anaesthesia technique called TIVA (Total Intravenous Anaesthesia) using computer controlled infusion pumps in a process called target controlled infusion or TCI.

Vitamin C megadosage

The use of vitamin C in high doses as a treatment for cancer was promoted by Linus Pauling, based on a 1976 study published with Ewan Cameron which reported intravenous vitamin C significantly increased lifespans of patients with advanced cancer.


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