Injectable Drugs Guide

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• Nome: Injectable Drugs Guide
• Marchio: Pharmpress
• Descrizione: Gray, Alistair; Wright, Jane; Goodey, Vincent; Bruce, LynnScheduled closure of pharmpress.comAlistair Gray - Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Community and Paediatric Services), Jane Wright - Lead Pharmacist, Lancashire Care NHS Trust, Vincent Goodey - Deputy Director of Pharmacy, and Lynn Bruce - Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Medical Assessment Unit)Product code MC_IDGDESCRIPTION: Injectable Drugs Guide is a user-friendly, single point of reference for healthcare professionals in the safe and effective prescribing, administration and monitoring of injectable medicines. The guide consists of a A-Z listing of injectable drugs in monograph format. Each monograph covers: - pre-treatment checks - dosing regimens - preparation and administration - compatibility and stability information - monitoring requirements during treatment - side effects, interactions and pharmacokinetic information. Designed to support the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) risk assessment process, each drug has a risk rating, with the text being reviewed and assessed at a number of hospital pharmacies. CONTENTS: Preface How to use the Injectable Drugs Guide monographs Injectable Drugs Guide on Medicines Complete Feedback About the authors Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Index of cross-referenced terms Monographs A - Z Appendix 1. The basics of injectable therapy Appendix 2. Good management principles Appendix 3. Usual responsibilities of individual practitioners Appendix 4. Advantages and disadvantages to parenteral therapy Appendix 5. Injection techniques and routes Appendix 6. Extravasation Appendix 7. Intravascular devices Appendix 8. Infusion devices Appendix 9. Syringe drivers Appendix 10. Ideal body weight, dosing in patients with renal or hepatic impairment Appendix 11. Risk ratings