0 into or connected to a vein: --
Intravenous drug users are at particular risk of contracting the disease.
1 put directly into a vein (= one of the tubes in the body that carry blood to the heart): --
an intravenous drug
He improved rapidly with intravenous anticongestive treatment but died suddenly a few days later.
A meningococcal infection also usually responds to an intravenous infusion of 24g/day of benzylpenicillin.
Intravenous infusion of one to two litres of crystalloid solution may be necessary.
When no change in the state of the thrombus was detected after continuous intravenous infusion of urokinase for 10 days, the treatment was discontinued.
However, the majority of studies have been conducted on individuals whose transmission category is other than intravenous drug use.
In some cases, analgesic medication and intravenous fluids could also play a part.
During the patients' stay in hospital this included antibiotics and analgesics, but not intravenous fluids.
The number of persons treated with antibiotics and with intravenous fluids was determined from hospital records and interviews of patients and medical staff.
