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Your protocols call for a dopamine infusion beginning at 5 micrograms per kilogram per minute. You estimate that your patient weighs 190 pounds. Using a standard dopamine concentration of 800 mg in 500 mL, at what drip rate (in drops/minute) will you need to administer the infusion using micro-drip tubing?
The dopamine initially started at 5micrograms per kilogram per minute
actual Patient body weight is 190 pounds and then it is converted to kilogram and it yields 86.18 kilogram
Then the dose is calculated according to the patient body weight
step1
88.18×5microgram = 430.9microgram per minute that is 0.43milligrams per minute
Dose is calculated from minute to hours by multiplying milligrams with 60 seconds = 25.8 milligrams per hours
dopamine to be infused per hour is 25.8 milligrams
step 2
First find out amount of medication in solution by dividing known amount of medication with total fluid solution in order to calculate milliliter per hour
Formula
Amount of medication in solution
---------------------------------------------- = amount of medication in milliliter
Total fluid solution of diluent
800mg
----------------= 1.6 mg in each ml
500ml
step3
Then calculate the milliliter per hour in order to find infusion time
Need of Dose per hour
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Concentration in each milliliter
Dose is calculated per minute to hours by multiplying milligrams with 60 seconds = 25.8 milligrams per hours
25.8milligrams per hours is needed
----------------------------------------------= 16.125 ml per hour
1.6mg per milliliter
Then find out the infusion time by dividing the total volume to be infused with milliliter per hour to be infused in order to find the micr drip drop factor
500ml
-------------= 31 hours
16.125ml per hour
step4
Then find out drop factor for infusion
microdrip drop factor is 60gtt
total volume to be infused is 500 ml
Total time in minutes is calculated by multiplying total time infusion time with seconds
Total volume to be infused × micro drip factor
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Total time in minutes
31hours × 60 seconds = 1860 minutes
500 ml × 60gtt micro drip factor
--------------------------------------------=
1860 minutes
30,000 ml
--------------- = 16.12 micro drip per minute
1860 minutes
Answer is 16 .12 micro drip drops per minute