The Food and Drug Administration is currently reporting shortages of dextrose in 5%, 10%, 25% and 50% solutions. Manufacturing capacity to support these dextrose products is not expected to improve ...

Baxter announced a voluntary recall of one lot of 5% Dextrose Injection and four lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to particulate matter found in the solutions. RELATED: Nutrition Resource ...

Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter International has issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of its 5% Dextrose Injection and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to particulate matter in the solution. If ...

Hurricane Helene has put IV shortages in the spotlight after damaging a manufacturing plant, but hospitals have been dealing with IV fluid shortages for years, NBC News reported Oct. 18. 1. According ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday declared shortages of three intravenous drugs produced at a North Carolina plant that has been temporarily shut down due to the devastation from ...

The information provided on this page is intended to serve as a comprehensive resource and should not be a substitute to professional medical advice. If you have concerns it is always best to speak ...

This titrate-up and taper-down controversy stems from concerns regarding the potential for hyperglycemia upon initiation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and for hypoglycemia upon discontinuation.

Background: In comparision with children and adults pain in the newborn infants is under assessed and under managed. Recently oral sweet solutions such as sucrose has been used for painful procedures ...