Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez, Amelia Sánchez-Galindo, Teresa Mora-García, Cecilia M Fernandez-Llamazares, Lara Echarri-Martínez, Jesús López-Herce, Milagrosa Rodríguez-Gómez, José María Bellón-Cano, María Sanjuro-Sáez
Pharmacy Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. smanrique.hgugm@salud.madrid.org
Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society 2012 Mar-AprPediatric patients admitted to intensive care units are likely candidates for intravenous drug administration. These patients may sometimes have limited vascular access, so availability of compatibility charts for intravenous Y-site administration may help daily clinical practice. A 2-dimensional table with the 47 intravenous drugs more commonly administered in the authors' pediatric intensive care unit was drawn up based on a review of 4 databases routinely used for checking drug compatibilities. The level of concordance between the various sources used for the review was strong (κ>0.8). However, an awareness of the limitations of each of these databases will help to optimize search results.
Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez, Amelia Sánchez-Galindo, Teresa Mora-García, Cecilia M Fernandez-Llamazares, Lara Echarri-Martínez, Jesús López-Herce, Milagrosa Rodríguez-Gómez, José María Bellón-Cano, María Sanjuro-Sáez. Development of a compatibility chart for intravenous Y-site drug administration in a pediatric intensive care unit. Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society. 2012 Mar-Apr;35(2):109-14
PMID: 22382795
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