Drug reference

fish oil triglycerides emulsion

Mosby’s 2024 Nursing Drug Reference

Source: Mosby’s 2024 Nursing Drug Reference
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Overview

Names and pronunciation

(fish oyl try-glyc′e-rides) Omegaven

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Functional class

Func. class.: Nutritional supplement— essential fatty acid

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Uses

USES: A source of calories and fatty acids in pediatric patients with paren- teral nutrition–associated cholestasis (PNAC)

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Safety

Contraindications

CONTRAINDICATIONS Hypersensitivity to this product or fish or eggs, severe hemorrhagic disorders due to a potential effect on platelet aggrega- tion, severe hyperlipidemia, or severe disorders of lipid metabolism character- ized by hypertriglyceridemia (serum tri- glyceride concentrations greater than 1000 mg/dL)

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Dose and formulations

Dosage and routes

DOSAGE AND ROUTES • Child: IV infusion 1 g/kg/day is the recommended and maximum daily dose, do not exceed 0.05 mL/min for the first 15-30 min of the infusion, max rate 1.5 mL/kg/hr

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Available forms

Available forms: injection 2 g/50 mL, 10 g/100 mL single dose HIGH ALERT

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Dose text by age group

Child

• Child: IV infusion 1 g/kg/day is the recommended and maximum daily dose, do not exceed 0.05 mL/min for the first 15-30 min of the infusion, max rate 1.5 mL/kg/hr

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Age labels are extracted for navigation. Check the complete source section and current local guidance before clinical use.

Drug reference

fish oil triglycerides emulsion

Mosby’s 2024 Nursing Drug Reference

Source: Mosby’s 2024 Nursing Drug Reference
PDF pages: 566

Overview

Names and pronunciation

(fish oyl try-glyc′e-rides) Omegaven

PDF page 566

Functional class

Func. class.: Nutritional supplement— essential fatty acid

PDF page 566

Uses

USES: A source of calories and fatty acids in pediatric patients with paren- teral nutrition–associated cholestasis (PNAC)

PDF page 566

Safety

Contraindications

PDF page 566

Dose and formulations

Dosage and routes

DOSAGE AND ROUTES • Child: IV infusion 1 g/kg/day is the recommended and maximum daily dose, do not exceed 0.05 mL/min for the first 15-30 min of the infusion, max rate 1.5 mL/kg/hr

PDF page 566

Available forms

Available forms: injection 2 g/50 mL, 10 g/100 mL single dose HIGH ALERT

PDF page 566

Dose text by age group

Child

• Child: IV infusion 1 g/kg/day is the recommended and maximum daily dose, do not exceed 0.05 mL/min for the first 15-30 min of the infusion, max rate 1.5 mL/kg/hr

PDF page 566

Age labels are extracted for navigation. Check the complete source section and current local guidance before clinical use.