ABSTRACT
In 2000 the first book covering pre-clinical infusion techniques was published by Taylor & Francis (Handbook of Pre-Clinical Continuous Intravenous Infusion, Healing and Smith, editors) and this has become the singular reference source for this technology up to the present time. However, it is now recognised that a number of the techniques have been refined since that time, and also that new equipment and improved equipment were on the market. We therefore accepted the request from the publishers to provide a more current techniques manual, and have taken the opportunity not only to reflect current expertise by including authors who are the current leaders in the field of commercial infusion technology and, therefore, have the most practical experience (hence also providing the most robust background data sets), but have also approached the topic from a fresh angle and structured the chapters differently so that this new volume truly represents a novel approach rather than attempting to simply update the original reference book. To complete the reference material on this technology, there is also a companion volume (Non-Clinical Vascular Infusion Technology: The Science) that covers the scientific principles behind the delivery systems, from both physical and physiological standpoints, and also covers formulation-specific considerations.
