Fully revised and updated with 39 new drugs and 6 new drug classifications, including general and local anesthesia, topical corticosteroids, immunizations, and enteral and parenteral nutrition. This comprehensive handbook presents drug data alphabetically by generic drug name, providing easy access to actions, pharmacokinetics, uses, dosages, administration across the lifespan, precautions, adverse reactions, and more. Also new to this edition is a new appendix giving guidelines for intermittent intravenous (piggyback) drug administration.