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Infusion Times/Comments/Drug Interactions Inject over 60 seconds Inject over 60 seconds Continuous infusion Metabolite contributes to activity Drug interactions: aminoglycosides (3); anticonvulsants (5) Inject over 1-2 minutes Continuous inf

Standard Dilution Undiluted Undiluted 20 mg in D 5 W 100 mL Undiluted Abbreviations: bid, twice a day; HF, heart failure; conc, concentration; D 5 W, destrose-5%-water; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; HPLC, high-performance liq- uid chromatography

Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines (continued)

Usual IV Dose Range a 0.1-0.28 mg/kg 0.01-0.015 mg/kg 1 mcg/kg/min 0.075-0.15 mg/kg a Usual dose ranges are listed; refer to appropriate disease state for specific dose.

Drug Intubating dose Maintenance dose
Vecuronium Infusion dose Verapamil Bolus dose
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