How to Use intravenous in a Sentence

intravenous

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• About a third of the patients—18 of 51—were given intravenous fluids.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 29 Apr. 2021
• In the young man's case, a week's stay in the hospital and intravenous antibiotics cleared things up.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2023
• Valenzuela hooked them up to intravenous drips with electrolytes and put ice on their hands and feet.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
• The midnight mark came after prison workers couldn’t start intravenous lines for the two men who were set to die on those nights.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• They are given by intravenous infusion and come with a risk of bleeding or swelling in the brain.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The medical team tried to place the intravenous line anyway.
  — Amanda Calhoun, Time, 8 Nov. 2021
• Other dancers take breaks to rest; Megan takes time off for intravenous fluids.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 June 2022
• Trump is also in the middle of a five-day course of the intravenous antiviral remdesivir.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Oct. 2020
• Because of a shortage of poles for intravenous fluid bags, nurses sometimes have to hang the bags from the walls and curtains.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• Beethoven did not use intravenous drugs, Meredith said.
  — Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• After health care providers gave him some intravenous fluids, took a chest X-ray and prescribed steroids and an inhaler, he was sent home.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2020
• Letby killed some of the babies by injecting their intravenous lines with air.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 22 Aug. 2023
• His father died of a blood infection from intravenous drug use.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Ten days later, his lungs were failing, his face was bloated from litres of intravenous fluid, and his hands and feet had begun to cool.
  — Sunita Puri, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2023
• In the study, remdesivir was given in three intravenous infusions over three days.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
• That disease spread rapidly among gay men and intravenous-drug users in the 1980s in part because the marginalization of these groups led to a weak public-health response.
  — Denise Roland and Jon Kamp, WSJ, 26 June 2022
• At one point, Northrop was allegedly found sitting outside of the hospital with an intravenous line still in place, the suit claims.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
• After more than a decade of intravenous drug use, Shuler found himself in a life-or-death situation much like Craig’s.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023
• Other parts of the video show an intravenous drip next to the bed as well as an image of al-Sayid's Israeli identification card.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, ajc, 28 June 2022
• The victim, court documents show, was at the home for a mobile intravenous treatment and was found wounded by the homeowners on their steps.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• The baby was admitted to the hospital and was treated with intravenous antibiotics for 21 days, the CDC said.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• Human subjects who got an intravenous drip of GLP-1 ate 12 percent less at a lunch buffet than those who got a placebo.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Instead of a quick visit, the doctors gave him a CT scan, OxyContin for the pain and bag after bag of intravenous antibiotics.
  — Sharon Otterman Justin J Wee, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
• His cause of death was ruled a secondary infection from using intravenous drugs.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Hoffman started the patient on intravenous thiamine even before the results of the testing came back.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• Smith’s left arm, which was shown connected to intravenous tubes in earlier posts, was now covered with a white bandage.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• The protocol states that if the veins are such that intravenous access cannot be provided, the team will perform a central line procedure.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 27 Oct. 2022
• When his condition worsened, a doctor put him on an intravenous drip.
  — Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022
• The post is accompanied with a picture taken from her hospital bed, an intravenous drip looming above.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 July 2024
• The plant is also the largest U.S. supplier of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions.
  — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024