Medical Math - Dextrose
The amount that is added to a 1 Liter bag of fluids if the concentration of Dextrose in a bag needs to be 5%.
What is 100mL Dextrose 50% (remove 100mL of IVF prior to infusing bag with Dextrose)
The minimum rate in which a CRI of Norepi should run.
What is 1mL/hr?
An important set-up step for Reglan administration.
What is cover it from light?
The amount of Unasyn 30mg/mL administered to a patient that weighs 34.7kg at a dose of 30mg/kg over 24 hours if the dose is given every 8 hours.
What is 104.1mL?
What is 10mL?
The amount of Dextrose 50% that needs to be added to a 500mL bag of IVF if the concentration needs to be 2.5%.
What is 25mL?
The concentration of Norepi in a syringe if the amount of Norepi instilled in the syringe (with diluent) is 4.2mL. TV: 24mL.
What is 0.175mg/mL?
The amount of Reglan 5mg/mL that needs to be added to a total volume of 24mL CRI that needs to run at 2mL/hr for 2mg/kg/day.
Weight: 6.86kg
What is 1.37mL Reglan?
The amount for a 4mcg/kg bolus of Fentanyl 50mcg/mL prior to starting a CRI.
Weight: 28.3kg
What is 2.264mL? (2.26mL rounded)
One important aspect of KCl administration.
Do not bolus this additive. MUST BE DILUTED.
The amount of Dextrose 50% added to a partial bag of IVF (326mL used already) to create a concentration of 5% Dextrose.
What is 67.4mL?
The amount of Norepi 1mg/mL that is added to a 24mL syringe if the rate is 1mL/hr.
Weight: 11.7kg
Dose: 0.25mcg/kg/min
*Bonus Points* The amount of diluent used.
What is 4.2mL?
What is 19.8mL?
The amount of Reglan 5mg/mL that needs to be added to a 1 liter bag of IVF if the dose for this patient is 2mg/kg/day and the patient's IVF are running at 125mL/hr.
Weight: 26.5kg
What is 3.53mL Reglan?
The amount of Lidocaine 2% given to a patient in V-tach weighing 65.4kg if dosed at 2mg/kg as a bolus titrated to effect.
What is 6.54mL?
The amount of KCl 2meq/mL needed to be added to a burette containing 96mL IVF if the concentration of the solution needs to be 35meq/L.
What is 1.68mL KCl?
The amount of Dextrose 50% that needs to be added to 350mL for a concentration of 5% if the bag already contains 2.5%.
What is 17.5mL?
The amount of Norepi 1mg/mL that is added to a 12mL syringe if the rate is 2mL/hr.
Weight: 4.65kg
Dose: 0.5mcg/kg/min
*Bonus Points* The amount of diluent used.
What is 0.837mL (0.84mL if rounded)?
What is 11.163mL (11.16mL if rounded)?
The amount of Reglan 5mg/mL that needs to be added to a bag of IVF containing 460mL if the dose for this patient is 1mg/kg/day and the patient's IVF are running at 50mL/hr.
Weight: 15.4kg
What is 1.18mL Reglan?
The amount of Methadone 10mg/mL given to a patient weighing 15.6kg if the patient's dose is 0.3mg/kg.
What is 0.468mL (0.47mL rounded)?
The amount of KCl 2meq/mL that should be infused into a partial bag containing 386mL IVF if the concentration needs to be 40meq/L.
What is 7.72mL?
The quantity of Dextrose 50% that needs to be added to create a 50mL syringe of D5W.
BONUS POINTS: The diluent used to create D5W?
What is 5mL?
What is Sterile Water?
The amount of Norepi 1mg/mL that is added to a 60mL syringe if the rate is 5mL/hr.
Weight: 32kg
Dose: 0.2mcg/kg/min
*Bonus Points* The amount of diluent used.
What is 4.6mL of Norepi?
What is 45.4mL of diluent?
The amount of Reglan 5mg/mL that needs to be added to a partial IVF bag that has 465mL already used if the dose for this patient is 2mg/kg/day and the patient's IVF are dosed for 90ml/kg/day (round down).
Weight: 46kg
What is 2.41mL Reglan?
The amount of Baytril 2.27% that would be administered to a 7.7kg patient at the dose of 10mg/kg. The combined amount given within 5 days if given q24hr.
What is 17mL (rounded)?
The amount of KCl 2meq/mL added to a K-Max CRI for a patient weighing 9.2kg if administered at a dose of 0.5meq/kg/hr running at 5mL/hr with a 40mL syringe.
*BONUS*
The amount of diluent needed.
What is 18.4mL KCl?
What is 21.6mL of diluent?