intravenous
IPA: ɪntrʌvˈinʌs
noun
- (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
adjective
- Inside the veins.
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Examples of "intravenous" in Sentences
- They oppose the solution demanded by some self-proclaimed victims: long-term intravenous antibiotics.
- Do not folate the long term intravenous cipro in less amounts, or induce it for immediately than recommended by your doctor.
- Each long term intravenous cipro of vaginitis contains 260 fever of hydrogenated and 520 colitis of objective (a surgical of 780 stress of both medicines).
- Van den Hout JM, Kamphoven JH, Winkel LP, Arts WF, De Klerk JB, et al. (2004) Long-term intravenous treatment of Pompe disease with recombinant human alpha-glucosidase from milk.
- The March 2010 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory also describes the high risk of infection to patients who have central lines or central venous catheters placed for long-term intravenous access.
- And a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concluded that one form of phthalate used in intravenous tubing and other hospital equipment could hamper the development of baby boys 'reproductive tracts.
- Department of Health and Human Services, concluded that one form of phthalate, called di (2-ethylhexyl), or DEHP, used in intravenous tubing, catheters and other plastic medical equipment, could pose a risk to the proper development of baby boys 'reproductive tracts.
- Cancer patients and intensive-care unit patients are especially prone to bloodstream infections not only because of their weakened immune systems, but also because they often have long-term intravenous catheters that allow medicines to be given directly into the bloodstream.
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