Amiodarone Peripheral Infusion Guidelines A Nursing Study to Reduce Patient Harm Use a dedicated line Assure no other medication is injected or infusing with Amiodarone
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug that remains the first-line treatment for ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, which frequently occur in critical care settings
Amiodarone is metabolized in the liver to desethylamiodarone
005 mg/kg/min IV infusion; may increase to 20 mcg/kg/min per 24 hr; consider converting to oral therapy within 24-48 hr (25%) of the 20 patients receiving