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Water iv drip.
Learn what this procedure involves.
These infusion reactions can be severe such as in the case of vancomycin where the reaction is termed red man syndrome.
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The treatment of severe hypernatremia can be challenging especially in patients with preexisting conditions that may seem to limit therapeutic options.
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Such a situation recently resulted in an ill conceived decision to give sterile water for injection iv to an elderly patient who had been admitted to an icu with pneumonia chf respiratory failure and severe hypernatremia.
This is termed a secondary iv or iv piggyback.
Data sources include ibm watson micromedex updated 1 oct 2020 cerner multum updated 1 oct 2020 wolters kluwer updated.