His treatment, developed with David Nalin, was elegant in its simplicity, which made it accessible to people and countries ...

the demand for Oral Rehydration Solution or ORS surges. According to doctors, ORS is a one-stop solution for dehydration which happens when your body loses more fluid than you consume. Dehydration ...

Boston institutions are reporting they're putting some surgeries on pause because of shortages of IV fluids. Officials with ...

Objective To maintain appropriate hydration status in such situation, it expects to be suitable for fluid replacement to drink oral rehydration solutions (ORS) which have higher sodium concentration ...

“Beyond that, we focus on conserving fluids and transitioning patients… to oral rehydration.” No elective surgeries have been cancelled yet, but that could change. Dr. Dean Roye, chief ...

Richard A. Cash died on Oct. 22 at his Cambridge home after an eight-month battle with brain cancer. He was 83.

As cold and flu season approaches, people face the challenge of keeping themselves—and, in the case of those who are parents, ...

Management of the mild-to-moderately dehydrated pediatric patient should emphasize the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) based on the degree of clinical dehydration. The clinical dehydration ...

OHSU spokesman Erik Robinson said it is following standard best practices to conserve IV fluids, including using oral rehydration when possible. As the shortage builds, hospitals’ national ...

Tips include converting patients to oral rehydration, oral medications, and oral antibiotics, as appropriate. HealthDay News — The American Thoracic Society is providing tips to help hospitals ...

As the seasons change, many people find themselves battling common colds and coughs. On average, adults experience four to six colds each..

Tips include converting patients to oral rehydration, oral medications ... prescribing and routine reassessment of the need for IV fluid orders; implementing specific breakpoint criteria for ...