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Infusion Times/Comments/Drug Interactions Inject over 3-5 minutes Inject over 5 minutes Initial dose for patients on diuretics is 0.625 mg Continuous infusion Maximum infusion duration of 72 hours Infuse over 30 minutes Infuse over 60 minutes

Standard Dilution Undiluted Undiluted 1 mg in D 5 W 250 mL Undiluted 1 g in NS 50 mL NS 250 mL Undiluted Undiluted 5 g in D 5 W 500 mL D 5 W 50 mL NS or D 5 W 500 mL D 5 W 100 mL Titrate to BP 20 mg in D 5 W 250 mL

Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines (continued)

Usual IV Dose Range a 0.625-10 mg q1-4h 0.625-1.25 mg q6h 1-4 mcg/min 180 mcg/kg 2 mcg/kg/min until discharge or CABG 1 g q24h 0.5-1 g q6h 12.5-600 U/kg 1-3 per week 500 mcg/kg 50-400 mcg/kg/min 50 mg May repeat 1 7.5 mg/kg qd 3 da

Drug
Droperidol Enalaprilat Epinephrine Eptifibatide Bolus dose Infusion dose Ertapenem Erythromycin Erythropoietin Esmolol Bolus dose Infusion dose Ethacrynic acid Etidronate Famotidine Fenoldopam Infusion dose
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