Infusion Therapy Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
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DVA | B | DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. | 0.83 | |
ICUI | D | ICU Medical, Inc. | -0.23 |
Related Industries: Medical Care Medical Instruments & Supplies
Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
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BOUT | A | Innovator IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF | 3.71 | |
PSCH | B | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care Portfolio | 2.78 | |
PTH | C | Invesco DWA Healthcare Momentum ETF | 2.47 | |
AZTD | B | Aztlan Global Stock Selection DM SMID ETF | 2.18 | |
FXH | C | First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX | 2.15 |
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Date | Stock | Title |
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Nov 20 | DVA | When Should You Buy DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA)? |
- Infusion Therapy
In medicine, infusion therapy deals with all aspects of fluid and medication infusion, via intravenous or subcutaneous application. A special infusion pump can be used for this purpose.
A fenestrated catheter is most frequently inserted into the localized area to be treated.
There are a range of delivery methods for infusion of drugs via catheter:Electronic Pump: Drugs are often pre-mixed from vials and stored in infusion bags to be delivered by electronic pump.
Elastomeric pump
Pre-Filled Infusion Therapy: with this latest technology, a unit dose can be metered to the location from a pre-filled container.Infusion therapy has a range of medical applications including sedation, anesthesia, post-operative analgesic pain management, chemotherapy, and treatment of infectious diseases
Advantages of infusion therapy over other non-site-specific delivery methodologies are primarily efficacy through precision of medication delivery.
New standards for infusible pharmaceuticals have been achieved in recent years with the advent of pre-filled, ready-to-use, dose-specific products. Advanced aseptic presentation, with hermetically sealed containers, allows predictable sterility, ease of use, improved control, and lower total costs. Essentially, systematizing the delivery mechanism and standardizing the delivery container.
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