In a study, IV iron was associated with twice the risk for infections in CKD. SAN DIEGO—Non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients receiving intravenous (IV) iron therapy may have increased ...

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Nine Alabama hospital patients who were treated with contaminated intravenous feeding bags have died, and the maker has pulled the product off the market, state health officials ...

The benefits of treating anemia may need to be balanced against the risk of developing infection, according to investigators. The latest and largest systematic review on intravenous iron ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2005, James Luck, MD, of the Orthopaedic Institute for Children, and colleagues started a protocol to educate ...

A failure in a step of the sterilization process at a Birmingham, Ala., pharmacy is the likely cause of the infection that afflicted 19 patients in Alabama hospitals and resulted in nine deaths, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With associated congruent reinfection and reoperation rates, oral antibiotics are noninferior to IV antibiotics ...

Medical investigators found that infections linked to contaminated liquid nutrition supplement could have begun two months before officials realized there was a widespread problem at Alabama hospitals ...

A combination of IV and oral antibiotics can effectively treat invasive infections in people who inject illicit drugs, according to a new study. The findings mean that patients who do not wish to stay ...

Noninferiority in intention-to-treat analysis; supported by complete-case, per-protocol, sensitivity analysis (HealthDay News) — For patients being treated for bone or joint infection, oral ...

A failure in a step of the sterilization process at a Birmingham, Ala., pharmacy is the likely cause of the infection that afflicted 19 patients in Alabama hospitals and resulted in nine deaths, ...