An 86-year-old black female was admitted to the hospital after she had a seizure while waiting for a swallow evaluation as an outpatient. Her family members report that the patient has baseline ...

intravenous antibiotics Study findings challenge current expert opinion advising slower correction rates. Rapid correction of severe hypernatremia is safe and appears to prolong survival, according to ...

To identify the risk factors contributing to intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in extremely low birth weight infants during early postnatal life, after appropriate matching for gestational age (GA) ...

Hospitalized children who receive hypotonic maintenance intravenous (IV) fluids are at higher risk of developing hyponatremia than those receiving isotonic IV fluids, according to a recent ...

(HealthDay News) – For children requiring maintenance intravenous (IV) fluids, isotonic fluids are safer than hypotonic fluids in terms of plasma sodium (pNa) levels, according to a meta-analysis ...