The #1 IV drug handbook for more than 40 years; Intravenous Medications: A handbook for nurses and health professionals is trusted for its accuracy and comprehensive coverage. Whether you prefer the portable print version or one of the convenient electronic formats, each drug monograph - including those for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA - includes the drug's generic name, common trade name(s), drug category, pH, dosages and dose adjustments, dilution, incompatibilities, rate of administration, actions, indications and uses, contraindications, precautions, drug/lab interactions, side effects, and antidote - all alphabetically organized to help you find drug information quickly and easily.

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).