Product Description
A user friendly, single point of reference for healthcare professionals in the safe and effective administration of injectable medicines. Injectable Drugs Guide is an A-Z of approximately 300 injectable drugs in monograph format, each covering the following topics:
- pre-treatment checks
- dosing regimens
- preparation and administration
- compatibility and stability information
- monitoring requirements during treatment
- side effects, interactions and pharmacokinetic information.
The Injectable Drugs Guide is designed to support the NPSA risk assessment process and each drug has a risk rating.
The book provides a holistic approach to injectable medicines to meet the needs of the many disciplines involved in the clinical use of injectables, and also those providing advice about injectable drug use.Product Data
- ISBN:
- 9780853697879
- Author:
- Alistair Gray, Jane Wright, Vincent Goodey and Lynn Bruce
- Publisher:
- Pharmaceutical Press
- Pub Date:
- February 2011
- Format:
- Paperback
- Extent:
- 928 pages
- Dimensions:
- 130 mm x 215 mm
- Approx Wt:
- 1.0 kg
- HS Code:
- 490199
- Preface
- How to use the Injectable Drugs Guide monographs
- Injectable Drugs Guide on Medicines Complete
- Feedback
- About the authors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Index of cross-referenced terms
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