| injections, intravenous | Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| injections, epidural | The injection of drugs, most often analgesics, into the spinal canal without puncturing the dura mater. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| injections, intradermal | The forcing into the skin of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle, piercing the top skin layer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, intralesional | Injections introduced directly into localised lesions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, intralymphatic | Injections into the lymph nodes or the lymphatic system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, intramuscular | Forceful administration into a muscle of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the muscle and any tissue covering it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, intraperitoneal | Forceful administration into the peritoneal cavity of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the abdominal wall. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, intraventricular | Injections into the cerebral ventricles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, jet | The injection of solutions into the skin by compressed air devices so that only the solution pierces the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| injections, subcutaneous | Forceful administration under the skin of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anaesthetics, intravenous | Ultrashort-acting anaesthetics that are used for induction. Loss of consciousness is rapid and induction is pleasant, but there is no muscle relaxation and reflexes frequently are not reduced adequately. Repeated administration results in accumulation and prolongs the recovery time. Since these agents have little if any analgesic activity, they are seldom used alone except in brief minor procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| substance abuse, intravenous | Abuse, overuse, or misuse of a substance by its injection into a vein. (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunoglobulins, intravenous | Immunoglobulin preparations used in intravenous infusion, containing primarily IgG. They are used to treat a variety of diseases associated with decreased or abnormal immunoglobulin levels including paediatric aids, primary hypergammaglobulinaemia, scid, cytomegalovirus infections in transplant recipients, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, kawasaki syndrome, infection in neonates, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infusions, intravenous | The long-term (minutes to hours) administration of a fluid into the vein through venipuncture, either by letting the fluid flow by gravity or by pumping it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intravenous | Within a vein or veins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intravenous anaesthesia | General anaesthesia produced by injection of central nervous system depressants into the venous circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |