Paediatric Injectables Medicines Handbook

Abbreviations

The commonly used injectable fluid and abbreviations used in The Paediatric Injectable Medicines Handbook appear below.

Injectable fluid	Definition
G2.5W	Glucose 2.5% in water
G5W	Glucose 5% in water
G10W	Glucose 10% in water
G20W	Glucose 20% in water
G50W	Glucose 50% in water
NS	Sodium chloride 0.9%
½NS	Sodium chloride 0.45%
¼NS	Sodium chloride 0.225%
G/LR	Glucose-ringers injection, lactated combinations
G/R	Glucose-ringers injection combinations
G5/LR	Glucose 5% in Lactated Ringers injection
G/NS	Any glucose/sodium chloride combinations
G5/NS	Glucose 5% in sodium chloride 0.9%
G5/½NS	Glucose 5% in sodium chloride 0.45%
G5/¼NS	Glucose 5% in sodium chloride 0.225%
G4/NS0.18	Glucose 4% in sodium chloride 0.18%
LR	Lactated ringers injection/solution/Hartmann's
R	Ringers injection/solution
WFI	Water for injection

Glucose and dextrose are the same sugar. PIMH uses glucose which is generaly applicable in the Australian context..

Term	Definition
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
APTT	Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
CHW	The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
CNS	Central Nervous System
CVL	Central Venous Line
ECG	Electrocardiogram
ED	Emergency Department
FFP	Fresh Frozen Plasma
g	gram
IV	Intravenous
IM	Intramuscular
kg	kilogram
L	Litre
LFT	Liver function test
mg	milligram
mL	millilitre
mmol	millimole
MTC	Medication and Therapeutics Committee
PI	Product Information
PICU	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
PIMH	Paediatric Injectable Medicine Handbook
PPE	Personal Protective Equipment
PVC	Polyvinyl chloride
SAS	Special Access Scheme
SCHN	Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead
SUBCUT	Subcutaneous
TPN	Total Parenteral Nutrition
VF	Ventricular fibrillation
VT	Ventricular tachycardia
WBC	White blood cell