Practical considerations in the administration of intravenous vasoactive drugs in the critical care setting: The double pumping or piggyback technique - Part one

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Trim, Joanna C ^a   Roe, Jane ^b  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double Pumping; Piggyback technique; Vasoactive drugs

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; DOBUTAMINE; DOPEXAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDRALAZINE; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ALARM MONITOR; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DILUTION; DISINFECTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; HAND WASHING; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 2942672258     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(04)00017-5     Document Type: Review

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