The nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% intravenous (IV) saline has officially ended, according to the U.S. Food and ...

A longtime shortage of a type of sterile intravenous saline is now resolved, the Food and Drug Administration announced ...

The end of the IV saline shortage follows another removal from the FDA’s shortage list in mid-July. Then, the agency removed ...

Each type of IV fluid has different benefits and drawbacks. Your doctor will decide whether to use lactated ringers or normal saline based on your medical condition and other medications you may ...

Saline intravenous fluids are as effective as more costly solutions in treating intensive care patients and keeping them alive, Australian researchers report. "Just about every patient admitted to ...

“Normal saline is the workhorse IV fluid in American medicine,” Lavonas said. At a time when law and economics are pushing health care providers to become more efficient, the shortage has ...

Other IV solutions called balanced fluids include saline but also contain potassium and other things that make them more like plasma, the clear part of blood. They're widely used in Europe and ...

The IV solution cannot be replaced with other forms of saline because it is specifically designed to be administered by injection; in a letter to health care providers, the American Society of ...

Compared with standard saline IV fluids, deceased donor kidney transplant recipients who instead received a balanced low-chloride crystalloid solution had a 25% lower relative risk for ...

A longtime shortage of a type of sterile intravenous saline is now resolved, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. According to the FDA, sodium chloride 0.9% injection products have ...