Arizona's largest health system on Monday confirmed it was postponing some surgeries because of a national IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. The delays, which took effect Monday ...
Normally, hospitals are, well, flush with IV fluids. But right now, that isn’t the case. In addition to the physical damage to many hospitals and clinics in the region, Hurricane Helene knocked ...
A shortage of IV fluid in the wake of Hurricane Helene is shining a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of the country’s medical supply chain. Hospitals were left scrambling after the ...
Hurricane Helene flooding shut down a medical supply manufacturer, causing a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, but Cincinnati hospitals say that they haven't canceled or delayed care as a result.
Damage to the plant in North Carolina has worsened a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, and hospitals say they are still postponing some surgeries and other procedures as a result. Some 60% of the ...
The surgery was off because there wasn’t enough IV fluid to proceed. “I was having such a hard time processing what she was even saying to me, that I was just really quiet,” she says ...
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the impact of Hurricane Helene as experts warn of an imminent intravenous (IV) solution shortage due to the temporary shutdown of a facility in a North Carolina.
Hospitals across the country are struggling to conserve and stretch their supplies of IV fluids in the wake of a shortage brought on by Hurricane Helene, in some cases giving patients Gatorade ...
Hospitals across the United States are reeling from a shortage of IV fluids after Hurricane Helene struck a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina, prompting some to postpone elective ...
Doctors use the Rome IV criteria to diagnose disorders of the gut-brain interaction. They are a series of guidelines that help rule out or treat complex gastrointestinal (GI) problems, using only ...
The company makes about 60% of all IV fluids used in the U.S., and the destruction has made IV fluids less available for newborns, surgery, childbirth, chemotherapy, dialysis, and more.
The national IV fluid shortage has hit at least one hospital in Boston, which is deferring some non-urgent elective procedures. Mass General Brigham says it is delaying some non-urgent elective ...