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Drip bar: Should you get an IV on demand?
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Drip bar: Should you get an IV on demand?

  • By Robert H. Shmerling, M.D.

For many people receiving care in a hospital or emergency room, one of the most common occurrences is getting an IV, the intravenous catheter that allows fluids and medications to flow into a vein in your arm or hand. A trained health professional puts in an IV by sticking a needle that's inside a thin tube...