Intravenous medications a handbook for nurses and health professionals created by Betty L Gahart, Adrienne R Nazareno, Meghan Q Ortega

Includes index.

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).

Now in its 33rd edition, Gahart's 2017 Intravenous medications : a handbook for nurses and health professionals continues to be a trusted resource for its accuracy, quick-reference format, and comprehensive coverage of IV drugs. Each drug monograph reference format, and comprehensive coverage of IV drugs, Each drug monograph includes the drug's generic name, trade name(s), drug category, pH, dosages and dose adjustments, dilution, compatibilities, rate of administration, actions indications and uses, contraindications, precautions, drug/lab interactions, side effects, and antidote.