Deck 18: Critical Care Calculations

Question 1

Calculate the dosages as indicated. A patient is receiving dopamine 800 mg in 500 mL D5W infusing at a rate of 30 mL/h.
Administer _____ mg/h, which is ______ mcg/min

Answer 1

48; 800

Question 2

Calculate the dosages as indicated. Round to the nearest tenth.
Order: Dobutamine 2.5 mcg/kg/min for a patient who weighs 193 lb
Available: Dobutamine 250 mg in 250 mL D5W
The patient weighs ________ kg and the rate to infuse 2 mcg/kg/min is _________ mL/h.

Answer 2

87.7; 11

Question 3

Calculate the dosages as indicated. Round to the nearest tenth
Esmolol is ordered for a patient. The solution available is 2.5 g in 250 mL D5W. The order is to infuse 32 mL/h.
Administer _____ mg/h, which is ______ mg/min

Answer 3

320; 5.3

Question 4

Calculate the dosages as indicated.
A patient weighing 80 kg has an order for Intropin to infuse at 8 mcg/kg/min. The solution available is 800 mg Intropin in 500 mL D5W.
Administer _____ mcg/min, which is ______ mL/h

Question 5

Calculate the dosages as indicated. Round to the nearest tenth.
Dopamine 4 mcg/kg/min is ordered for a patient who weighs 165 lb. The solution available is 400 mg of Dopamine in 250 mL D5W. To infuse by infusion pump that delivers in tenths of an mL.
Administer ______ mg/min, which is ______ mL/h

Question 6

Nitroglycerine has been ordered to titrate at 10 mcg/min to 30 mcg/min, and the rate should be increased by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes for chest pain. The solution contains 50 mg nitroglycerin in 250 mL D5W. From a titration table in 5-mcg increments, indicate the lowest and the highest flow rate. The pump delivers in tenths of an mL.
The lowest is _______ mL/h and the highest is ______ mL/h.