IV Fluids May Reduce Severity of Kidney Failure in Kids with E. coli Infection (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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Giving intravenous fluids to children infected with E.coli bacteria early in the course of infection appears to lower the odds of kidney failure, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and 10 other institutions. Jim Dryden reports.

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