The prescription or administration of injectable drugs requires
taking into account many parameters related to the patient and the
disease to be treated. The optimal choice of injection route is not
always obvious especially if the conditions of administration
(emergency particular patient) do not allow time to consult
documents and instructions for use which are sometimes very dense.
True therapeutic tool this work makes available to the prescriber
or the user of injectable drugs clear and practical information
presented in a synthetic way in the form of tables thus allowing a
fast and effective use. It specifies for each drug the route of
injection and the conditions of administration commonly practiced
as well as the monitoring of the treatment during and after the
injection. Written in the form of files classified by specialties
and by DCI this book recalls the trade names absolute and relative
contraindications the precautions for use and the storage
conditions of each drug. The indications dosages as well as
presentations dilutions and administration are detailed according
to the chosen injection route. For certain drugs used with the
electric syringe pump tables of infusion rates are available. This
practical guide to injectable drugs in pocket format is a unique
and original tool for all practitioners interns medical students
nurses and student nurses. In addition this book is complemented by
an online supplement making available to the reader downloadable
sheets of less common but equally important drugs. To access the
online supplement to this book
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