Pocket Guide to I.V. Drugs (Paperback)

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.