Safety Recommendations for Administering Intravenous Prostacyclins in the Hospital.
Prostacyclins are a high-risk category of continuous intravenous infusions increasingly used in hospitals to treat advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition characterized by vasoconstriction and vascular proliferation of the pulmonary arteries. Prostacyclins are given in doses of na...
| Publicado en: | Critical Care Nurse Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 32 - 42 |
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| Formato: | CEU exam questions tables/charts teaching materials Journal Article |
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Oct2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104139097&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104139097 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02795442 1GD jtl: Critical Care Nurse issn: 02795442 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2013 vid: 33 iid: 5 pid: 2559 pub: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses place: Alisa Veijo, California artinfo: ui: 104139097 90505486 10.4037/ccn2013608 NLM24085826 104139097 ppf: 32 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Safety Recommendations for Administering Intravenous Prostacyclins in the Hospital. aug: au: Kingman, Martha S. Chin, Kelly affil: Nurse Practitioner, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. sug: subj: Epoprostenol Administration and Dosage Hypertension, Pulmonary Drug Therapy Infusions, Intravenous Critical Care Nursing Epoprostenol Adverse Effects Medication Errors Prevention and Control Nursing Interventions Infusion Pumps Hospital Policies Inpatients Staff Development Patient Safety Self Administration Education, Continuing (Credit) ab: Prostacyclins are a high-risk category of continuous intravenous infusions increasingly used in hospitals to treat advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition characterized by vasoconstriction and vascular proliferation of the pulmonary arteries. Prostacyclins are given in doses of nanograms per kilogram per minute and have a narrow therapeutic dosing range for each patient. Sudden increases or decreases in dose can be life threatening. Previous studies revealed errors in the administration of these high-risk infusions, which in some instances led to serious adverse events, including death. The literature was reviewed for safety measures in administration of high-risk intravenous medications and input was obtained from leading experts in pulmonary arterial hypertension to create a set of safety recommendations for infusion of prostacyclins. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: CEU exam questions tables/charts teaching materials Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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