[0] Link seen between IV treatment, deaths.

Link seen between IV treatment, deaths Yomiuri URAWA Circulatory failure possibly linked to a badly administered treatment has been determined as the cause of death of nearly 40 of 77 patients who died at Asakura Hospital in Showamachi, Saitama Prefecture, over a one-year period, Saitama prefectural government officials said Friday. It had been discovered that the rate of use of a treatment called intravenous hyperalimentation (IVH) at Asakura Hospital, which specializes in psychiatry and internal medicine, was much higher than that at most hospitals. According to the officials, the prefectural government examined records of 77 patients who had died at the 242-bed hospital …