IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients

Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by pdpi on Thursday February 22, 2018 @08:48AM (#16437481)

Yes, that is precisely what the article says: use the cheaper less invasive treatment if you can, save the IV bag for when you can’t

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by gasgasgas on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:21AM (#16438660)

That is done already.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by dkarl on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:34PM (#16440025)

Thanks to some bad luck my father has been in the hospital more than half a dozen times in the last couple of years. He has always been given IV fluids. This week he went in for pneumonia, just coughing and shortness of breath, and they put him on an IV. I never thought twice about it until today.

Having a needle in your arm for hours is not pleasant. My dad doesn't heal so quickly these days, so he's going to have bruising and tenderness for a week where they put the needle in. Watching my dad go through this, and my girlfriend's brother who has mental disabilities a couple of years ago, and now realizing it would have been a lot more comfortable for them if they'd just let them sip on some Gatorade seriously pisses me off.

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