The prescribing information for Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk) has been updated to include a 90-second intravenous push loading dose.

Total Bill: $18,735.93, including two $722.50 fees for a nurse to "push" drugs into her IV, a process that takes seconds. Anthem's negotiated charges were $6,999 for the total treatment.

In Colorado, the average charge for the code corresponding to Claire's first IV push has nearly tripled since 2014, and the dollars hospitals actually get for the procedure has doubled.

While cefazolin remains the mainstay of antimicrobial prophylaxis in most surgical procedures, there is a growing propensity to combine cefazolin with vancomycin in a number of procedures where ...

No difference in pharmacokinetics between IV Push and IV InfusionNo serious adverse events observedNo difference in viral load between IV Push and IV Infusion and no anti-drug antibodies detected ...

Reduces maintenance dose from a 15-minute IV infusion to a 30-second, undiluted IV push every two weeksSafety profile of Trogarzo® IV push similar to that of IV infusionNew method of ...

Now, hospitals overrun with flu patients have to turn to alternatives to IV saline. One is an IV push procedure, in which medications are manually “pushed” into the IV line.