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Home » Health Topics » Iowa Neonatology Handbook

Pharmacology: NICU Handbook

Jeffrey L. Segar, MD, John M. Dagle, MD, PhD, and Sarah B. Tierney PharmD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

  1. Analgesics and Sedatives
    • Analgesics and Sedatives Table
    • PDF iconMorphine and Lorazepam Tapering Guidelines
    • Neuromuscular Blockers in Neonates
  2. Anticonvulsants: Dosage Recommendations for Anticonvulsants Employed in Neonatal Seizures
  3. Antimicrobials
    • Recommended Antimicrobial Dosage Schedules for Neonates
    • Guidelines for Drawing Gentamicin Levels
    • Monitoring Gentamicin Therapy by Single Serum Sample Determination 
  4. Apnea
  5. Bronchodilators for Reactive Airway Disease
  6. Diuretic Agents: Recommended Doses of Diuretic Agents in Neonates and Toxicity
  7. Emergency Drug Doses
  8. Effects of Drugs on the Fetus or Newborn
    • PDF iconEffects of Drugs on the Fetus or Newborn
    • Infants of Drug-Abusing Mothers
    • PDF iconNeonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines
    • Effect of Drugs Taken by Nursing Mother on Her Infant 
  9. PDF iconNICU Intravenous Drug Compatibility Chart
  10. Pharmacologic Therapy for Neonatal Systemic Hypertension
  11. Use of Drug Monitoring Levels in the NICU
    • Drug Monitoring Levels in the NICU  
    • Drug Half-Life Studies

  • Analgesics and sedatives
  • Apnea in newborns
  • Bronchodilators for reactive airway disease
  • Dosage recommendations for anticonvulsants employed in neonatal seizures
  • Drug half-life studies
  • Drug monitoring levels in the NICU
  • Effect of drugs taken by the nursing mother on her infant
  • Effects of drugs on the fetus or newborn
  • Emergency drug doses
  • Guidelines for drawing gentamicin levels
  • Infants of drug-abusing mothers
  • Monitoring gentamicin therapy by single serum sample determination
  • Morphine and lorazepam tapering guidelines
  • NICU intravenous drug compatibility chart
  • Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and treatment guidelines
  • Neuromuscular blockers in neonates
  • Pharmacologic therapy for neonatal systemic hypertension
  • Recommended doses of diuretic agents in neonates and toxicity
‹ Whole-body hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) up Analgesics and sedatives ›

Iowa Neonatology Handbook

  • Abbreviations commonly used in the nursery
  • Cardiology: NICU Handbook
  • Feeding: NICU Handbook
  • Fluid management: NICU Handbook
  • Gastrointestinal: NICU Handbook
  • General: NICU Handbook
  • Hematology: NICU Handbook
  • Infection: NICU Handbook
  • Jaundice: NICU Handbook
  • Metabolic: NICU Handbook
  • Neurology: NICU Handbook
  • Pharmacology: NICU Handbook
    • Analgesics and sedatives
    • Apnea in newborns
    • Bronchodilators for reactive airway disease
    • Dosage recommendations for anticonvulsants employed in neonatal seizures
    • Drug half-life studies
    • Drug monitoring levels in the NICU
    • Effect of drugs taken by the nursing mother on her infant
    • Effects of drugs on the fetus or newborn
    • Emergency drug doses
    • Guidelines for drawing gentamicin levels
    • Infants of drug-abusing mothers
    • Monitoring gentamicin therapy by single serum sample determination
    • Morphine and lorazepam tapering guidelines
    • NICU intravenous drug compatibility chart
    • Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and treatment guidelines
    • Neuromuscular blockers in neonates
    • Pharmacologic therapy for neonatal systemic hypertension
    • Recommended doses of diuretic agents in neonates and toxicity
  • Procedures: NICU Handbook
  • Pulmonary: NICU Handbook
  • Temperature: NICU Handbook
  • Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Preface
  • Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Authors and contributing authors
  • Translations of the Iowa Neonatology Handbook

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