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Gahart’s Intravenous MedicationsModel NIM-2072

Size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm

© 1997 Franklin Electronic Publisher, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 U.S.A. All rights reserved.

© 1996 by Mosby-Year Book, Inc. a Times- Mirror Co. All rights reserved.

BOOKMAN is a registered trademark of Franklin.

U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 5,113,340; 5,218,536; 5,229,936; 5,396,606.

German Pats. M9409743.7 and M9409744.5. Euro. Patent 0136 379. Patents Pending.

ISBN 1-56712-381-3.

This unit may change operating modes due to electrostatic discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the reset key, ON/OFF , or by removing or replacing batteries.

<: less than

>: more than

1/2 NS: one-half normal saline (0.45%)

ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme

ACT: activated coagulation time

AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALT: (SGPT) alanine aminotransferase

aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time

AST: (SGOT) aspartate aminotransferase

BP: blood pressure

BUN: blood urea nitrogen

C:celcius; centigrade Ca: calcium

CBC: complete blood count

CHF: congestive heart failure

Cl: chloride

CNS: central nervous system

Co2: carbon dioxide

CPK: Creatine-kinase

CrCl: creatinine clearance

CSF: cerebrospinal fluid

C/S: culture and sensitivity

CVP: central venous pressure

D10/NS: 10% dextrose in normal saline

D10W: 10% dextrose in water

D5/0.2S: 5% dextrose in 0.2 saline

D5/1/2NS: 5% dextrose in one-half normal sa- line (0.45%)

D5/LR: 5% dextrose in lactated Ringer's solution

D5/NS: 5% dextrose in normal saline

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