2015 Intravenous medications : a handbook for nurses and health professionals / Betty L. Gahart, Adrienne R. Nazareno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gahart, Betty L., author.

Contributor:

Nazareno, Adrienne R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intravenous therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Intravenous therapy.

Pharmacopoeias.

Pharmacopoeias--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Administration, Intravenous.

Medical Subjects:

Administration, Intravenous.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxv, 1315 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Thirty-first edition.

Other Title:

Intravenous medications

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Mosby Inc 2015.

Summary:

The #1 IV drug handbook for more than 40 years, Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals is trusted for its accuracy and comprehensive coverage. Whether you prefer the portable print version or one of the convenient electronic formats, each drug monograph - including those for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA - includes the drug's generic name, common trade name(s), drug category, pH, dosages and dose adjustments, dilution, incompatibilities, rate of administration, actions, indications and uses, contraindications, precautions, drug/lab interactions, side effects, and antidote - all alphabetically organized to help you find drug information quickly and easily.

Contents:

General dilution charts (inside front cover and facing page)

Evolve website information

Format and content of intravenous medications

Key to abbreviations

Important IV therapy facts

Resources

IV drugs

Appendix A (Recommendations for the safe use and handling of Cytotoxic drugs)

Appendix B (FDA pregnancy categories)

Appendix C (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for adverse events, CTCAE)

Appendix D (Information for patients receiving immunosuppressive agents)

Appendix E (Recently approved drugs)

Solution compatibility chart (last page and inside back cover).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page xxv) and index.

ISBN:

9780323084758

0323084753

OCLC:

868648640