Doctors use nasal cannulas to give a person oxygen, and intravenous cannulas to take blood or administer medication or other fluids. Find out more. Medical News Today ...

Intravenous therapy, or IV therapy, is a way of administering fluids or vitamins directly into a vein. Find out more about its uses, benefits, risks, and more.

Comparing IV catheter replacement only when clinically indicated vs. routine replacement every three days, mean time to replacement was 90.6 hours vs. 66.5 hours (P <.0001).

Intravenous iron was more effective at reducing iron deficiency (5% vs 16%; P = .0001) and iron deficiency anemia (2% vs 10%; P = .0001) at 36 weeks' gestation.

A “unique” midline cannula previously only available in hospitals has been used for the first time in the community by a specialist intravenous therapy nurse. The device, which was developed in the US ...

IV nurse specialist Pam McGrail, who works at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, was the first to use the cannula in this setting. She described the device as a “unique product ...