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Effective against a wide variety of gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella pneumoniae, most strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and many strains of Proteus species, Serratia, Providencia stuartii, Citrobacter freundii, Acinetobacter.

Aluminum Hydroxide reduces gastric acidity by neutralizing the stomach acid content. Aluminum carbonate lowers serum phosphate by binding dietary phosphate to form insoluble aluminum phosphate, which is excreted in feces.

Morphine controls severe pain; also used as an adjunct to anesthesia.

Listed below is a table which may serve as your quick reference guide on the different intravenous solutions. Download it for free!

Dextrose 5% in Water raises total fluid volume it is also helpful in rehydrating and excretory purposes.

Dextrose 5% in Lactated Ringers Solution (D5LRS) is useful for daily maintenance of body fluids and nutrition, and for rehydration.

Dextrose 5% in Normosol M Solution (D5NM) is a hypertonic solution that is nonpyrogenic and is a nutrient replenisher.

As nurses we should be very knowledgeable about the drugs we administer to our patients. Doing so would be a big factor in preventing medication errors. Gaining knowledgeable different drugs is not easy, thus there are a lot of reference sites we can use.