Pocket I V Drugs

Everything you need to know about IV drugs… all in your pocket. This handy, spiral-bound guide features monographs for all of the most common IV drugs in an easy-to-use format that’s organized alphabetically by generic drug name. You’ll also have valuable information on drug calculations, safe administration techniques, and compatibilities at your fingertips.

The best pocket drug guide yet! Rely on this handy reference for at-the-bedside guidance on the safe administration of medications to adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients, as well as pregnant and lactating women, and those with renal impairments.

A Davis's Notes Book! Accessing an intravenous site and delivering fluids and medicine can be a difficult and frightening experience for students. IV Med Notes alleviates students' fears by providing up-to-date information needed to safely administer medications by IV, in a user-friendly scrub pocket guide.

The only pocket drug guide organized by classification! This practical resource provides succinct reviews of 36 drug classifications followed by descriptions of hundreds of generic drugs. Each classification provides a general overview of the actions, indications, adverse reactions/side effects, interactions, and other items relevant to each group of drugs. Individual descriptions follow and focus on normal dose ranges, special administration directions, and other drug-specific guidance. The reader-friendly layout makes finding essential information easy.

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.

The highly portable Pocket Guide to Injectable Drugs increases the efficiency and confidence of health care professionals in hospitals and home care settings, providing on-the-spot answers to medication questions.

Instant access to all of the essential medical information you need! Drawing on the content of its best-selling parent reference, Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, it provides essential information on over 170 top medications commonly prescribed in acute and ambulatory care, including high-alert and emergency drugs! Quickly find content on patient safety—with vital information on pediatric and geriatric considerations—as well as precautions for all vulnerable populations.

SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT IN YOUR POCKET, DETAILED ENOUGH TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW Essential data on more than 1,000 of the most commonly used prescribed medications and more than 75 drugs most often used in the pre-hospital setting Drug-specific EMS pearls, including signs and symptoms of overdose and specific overdose management Sections on popular medicinal herbs and common street drugs Quick-reference tables encapsulate essential information Street Drug section updated to include "bath salts" and salvia