Critical Care Dosage Examples (1)

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Critical Care Dosage Examples 1. Order: 2 g Pronestyl in 500 mL D5W to infuse at 2 mg/min. Determine the rate in mL/hr. _______________ 2. Dopamine is ordered at a rate of 3 mcg/kg/min for a client weighing 95.9 kg. The solution strength is 400 mg dopamine in 250 mL D5W. Determine the flow rate for an IV pump. The pump is capable of delivering in tenths of an mL. _______________ 3. Infuse Dobutamine 250 mg in 500 mL D5W at 5 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 143 lb. Concentration of solution is 500 mcg per mL. How many mcg of dobutamine will be infused per minute? __________ per hour? __________ 4. A medication has been ordered at 2 to 4 mcg/min to maintain a client’s systolic BP greater than 100 mm Hg. The medication being titrated has 8 mg of medication in 250 mL D5W. Determine the IV rate for 2 to 4 mcg range. Then assume that after several changes in mL/hr have been made, the BP has stabilized at a rate of 5 mL/hr. How many mcg/min is the client receiving at this rate? Determine the flow rate for an IV pump capable of delivering in tenths of an mL. a. ______________ Flow rate for 2-4 mcg range b. ______________ mcg per/min at 5 mL /hr 5. Order: Nitroglycerin to titrate at 40 mcg/min for chest pain to a maximum of 100 mcg/min. The solution contains 40 mg of nitroglycerin in 250 mL D5W. Develop a titration table from minimum to maximum dose in 20-mcg/min increments. The pump is capable of delivering in tenths. 6. Order: Levophed 4 mcg/min to maintain BP systolic greater than 100 mm Hg to a maximum of 12 mcg/min. Available solution: Levophed 4 mg in 500 mL D5W. Develop a titration table in 2-mcg/min increments. 7. A solution of lorazepam 4 mg in 100 mL 0.9% NS to infuse at 1 mg/hr. Determine the infusion rate. 8. A solution of Amiodarone 900 mg in 500 mL of D5W to infuse at 0.5 mg/min. Determine the infusion rate to deliver the ordered dosage. (The pump is capable of delivering in tenths of an mL.)
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