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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• He was given intravenous fluids to bring up his pressure, and when that didn’t work, he was started on medications for it.
  — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• One of the most common, important uses for saline is flushing drugs infused through intravenous lines.
  — Anna Edney, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022
• Ellis said Maisie gets half of her nutrients through intravenous treatment and half through EleCare.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 24 Feb. 2022
• Near the end of the first week and into the second week of illness, the blood pressure can drop and victims go into shock, develop blood oozing from intravenous sites or sites of blood draws and ultimately may proceed to death.
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• The post is accompanied with a picture taken from her hospital bed, an intravenous drip looming above.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024