Pocket Guide to I.V. Drugs

Offers guidance for various IV drugs administered. This title helps to find 300 drugs in a 3-column format; dosage and administration information for direct injection, intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion; guidelines on drug preparation; special considerations to support safety; and infusion rate tables for 6 common critical-care drugs.

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Here's on-the-spot guidance for virtually every I.V. drug administered today. Readers find 300 drugs in a quick-scan, 3-column format; dosage and administration information for direct injection, intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion; succinct guidelines on drug preparation; special considerations to support safety; and infusion rate tables for six common critical-care drugs. Contents include a guide to abbreviations, A-to-Z drug entries by generic name, antidotes for vesicant extravasation, major electrolyte components of I.V. solutions, estimating surface area in children and adults, and dobutamine, dopamine, epinephrine, isoproterenol, nitroglycerin, and nitroprusside infusion rates