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...

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Published in:Critical Care Nurse Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 32 - 42
Main Authors: Kingman, Martha S., Chin, Kelly
Format: CEU exam questions tables/charts teaching materials Journal Article
Published: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Oct2013
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