McGraw-Hill's I.V. Drug Handbook

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McGraw-Hill's I.V. Drug Handbook

McGraw-Hill's I.V. Drug Handbook

Authors: Patricia Dwyer Schull

Published: September 2008

eISBN: 9780071642798 007164279X | ISBN: 9780071548632

Contents

Foreword

Advisors

Contributors and reviewers

Preface and user’s guide

Part 1 Drugs A to Z: Safe I.V. drug administration

I.V. drug compatibilities

Conversions and calculations

Drug infusion rates

Venipuncture and peripheral venous access

Preventing and treating extravasation

High-alert drugs

Hazardous I.V. drugs

Guidelines for administering hazardous drugs

Avoiding dangerous abbreviations

Common abbreviations

I.V. drugs and drug names that look or sound alike

Monitoring blood levels

Anaphylaxis: Treatment guidelines

Adult cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines

Pediatric cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines

Part 2 Less commonly used drugs

Part 3 Appendix

Common laboratory values

Body surface area in adults

Body surface area in children

I.V. drug and solution compatibilities

Effects of dialysis on drug therapy

Identifying life-threatening adverse reactions

Selected references

Index

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