A malnourished patient hsd an oder for 500ml of intralipids

A   malnourished   patient hsd an oder for 500ml of intralipids 10%to be infused over 6 hours.How many mI/h should the IV pump be programmed for ?2.A patient with sepsis has an order forkefzol 1g in 50ml of D5W IVPB over 15 minutes .T he drip factor is 60gtts./ml.How many gtt/min should be given?

3. A patient with Anuria has an order for 1000ml of 0.9%NS to be infused over 1hour .The tubing drop factor is 10gtt/ml .How many gtt/ mins should be given?

4. A postoperative patients has anorder for 1000ml of D5W0.45NS with 20mgEq of potassium to be infused over 8 hours.How many ml/h should the IV pumpbe programmed?

5.After a total hip replacement,a patient has an order for total for Toradol 60mg/IVPB EVERY 6 hours over 15 minutes The tordol is duluted in 25ml of D5W, The tubing drop factor is15gtt/ml .How many gtt/min should be given .

Solution

1). The total volume of Intra lipids to be administered is = 500 ml

The duration of administration is = 6 hours.

Thus, the volume to be administered per each hour is = 500/6 = 83.33 ml/hour