Answered: What is the correct infusion rate in…

Science

Nursing

What is the correct infusion rate in mL/hour

Curren'S Math For Meds: Dosages & Sol

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305143531

Author:CURREN

Publisher:CURREN

Chapter9: Parenteral Medication Labels And Dosage Calculation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4.3P

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Isotonic fluids should be used cautiously in clients with Hypertension and/or CCF. Please explain…

A: Isotonic fluids are used in management of shock ok and hypotension. Isotonic Fluids usually help to…

Q: When capillary blood is used, which of the following is the correct order of collection for the…

A: D) Lavender, green, red - When capillary blood is used with the skin puncture, the order of drawing…

Q: You need to administer 250 mg of erythromycin (Erythrocin) PO. You have on hand 0.5 g tablets. How…

A: Drug dose refers to the amount of drug administered to the patient to exert a desired therapeutic…

Q: In observing the results of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) below, which of the following…

A: Option (d)- all of the above

Q: Why is the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate not useful for patients with severe anemia? Name an…

A: The ESR is raised by anaemia and macrocytosis. The velocity of the upward flow of plasma is altered…

Q: the physician has ordered 1000 ml of NS to infuse over 2 hours. how many mililiters per hour will…

A: Physicians order = 1000ml of NS Duration of infusion = 2 hours We need to find out ml/hr

Q: The concentration of heparin in an IV infusion is 25,000 units in 500 mL. The infusion is running at…

A: Concentration of heparin = 25000 units in 500 mL Infusion rate = 850 units/ hr To calculate mL of…

Q: A 5.0-mL EDTA tube is received in the laboratory containing only 1.5 mL of blood. What would be…

A: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a blood test used to evaluate whether the body is…

Q: A medication must be administered at a rate of 500 mg per hour in a total volume of 100 mL…

A: Q 1 formula desired dose / available in hand multiply by total volume Desired dose 500 mg per hour…

Q: a. Draw a line indicating the dose on each of the following syringes. b. Which syringe will most…

A: Morphine is pain medication of the opiate family and it is extract from poppy plant it helps to…

Q: arte 120- Systolic pressure 100- 80 Diastolic- pressure 60- 40- Venae 20- Using your knowledge and…

A: In this question asked about the blood pressure in renal vein. Detailed solution in step 2.

Q: A physician orders 2L solution to infuse in a 7 hour period. The drop factor of the infusion set is…

A: Intravenous(IV) infusion is the route of drug administration where the drug is directly injected…

Q: Which of the following will cause local adjustments in an arteriole’s radius and hence vessel…

A: Cardiovascular system in the body consist of mainly three types of blood vessels which includes…

Q: heavy water and inulin are injected in a normal man , the volume of distribution of inulin is 10L…

A: About 75 percent of the human body is composed of water. The fluids present in our body are…

Q: The physician ordered 1,200 Units of heparin every hour IV continuously. The solution is 3,500 Units…

A: Here the amount of fluid containing desired units of heparin needs to be identified.

Q: 32 mm Hg 25 mm Hg 0 mm Hg 5 mm Hg Given the values shown, which of the following is the magnitude…

A: Capillary hydrostatic pressure is the one which occurs towards outside in a capillary due to the…

Q: Jaundice fluid is classified as a cavity fluid. a supplemental arterial fluid. a standard arterial…

A: Jaundice is a medical condition in which bilirubin and biliverdin levels are abnormally high. This…

Q: Fill in the blank: The instrument commonly used to measure systemic arterial blood pressure is…

A: The force exerted by blood as it circulates in the arteries is called blood pressure. The blood…

Q: Blood pressure readings such as 130/80 give the maximum and minimum gauge pressures in the arteries.…

A: The vital sign is a crucial part of patient assessment. Blood pressure assessment is very important…

Q: Match the following situations with how you would adjust the sweep speed to display them properly on…

A: Echocardiography (EKG) is also called heart ultrasound and it uses sound waves to take a dynamic…

Q: Patient has 150 mL D5W infusing at 40 mL/hr at 20 gtts/min. Drop factor is 15 gtt/ml. Calculate the…

A: Given that : Total volume to be infused = 150 ml Flow rate = 40 mL/ hr Drip rate = 20 gtts/min…

Q: Total blood volume in the capillary tube is 20mm, the packed cell volume(red blood cells) is 7.1 mm,…

A: Hematocrite is a percentage of red blood cells present in the given blood volume. To calculate the…

Q: The order reads Potassium Chloride drip: 40 meqs KCl in 500 mL in NSS IV @ 7 meqs/hr. Compute for…

A: Potassium is the chief cation of intracellular fluid. Intravenous administration of potassium…

Q: A patient in the ER must be kept lying on their right side with their left arm held straight up. In…

A: Blood pressure differs according to various sites. It also differs based on the positioning of a…

Q: In atherosclerosis, artery walls thicken because of deposits of white blood cells, fat and…

A: Need to find how the velocity and pressure in the atherosclerosis patient.

Q: How much will the order medication “Potassium Chloride 40meq in 1L to run for 8 hours” raise the…

Q: to what type of of patients does heel puncture capillary blood collection apply? why?

A: Capillary puncture for blood collection is the most common method for collection of little amount of…

Q: Estimate the hematocrit of the given blood sample. What is the hematocrit reading? 100 90 -80 -70 60…

A: According to our guidelines we can only do one question or up to 3 sub part of a question. Please…

Q: A person’s blood pressure is measured at 118/78 and the person’s peripheral pulse is 72. Which of…

A: Blood pressure is defined as the pressure applied by the blood flowing in the arteries against the…

Q: An IV infusion of 2000 mL D5W was started for a patient beginning at 6:00 AM and was scheduled to…

A: The drug is a chemical compound administered to provide a cure against a disease. It is important to…

Q: A plastic bag contains physiological saline solution for infusion into the blood stream. If the…

A: The change in the position of IV pump changes the volume of saline delivered. This change is caused…

Q: The physician ordered 1,000 mL D5W with 10 mEq KCl to infuse at 100 mL/h using tubing with a drop…

A: This IV flow rate is calculated using standardized formula in order to determine the correct drip…

Q: Which of the following findings is the best indication that fluid replacement for a client with…

A: Hypovolemic shock can be defined as the reduction in the intravascular blood volume which leads to…

Q: Calculate the hematocrit of a female patient using the following information:The height of the whole…

A: The hematocrit is the percentage volume of RBCs (red blood cells) in blood. RBCs contain hemoglobin,…

Q: n 8 month old baby who weighs 10kg requires a morphine infusion at 20 microgram/kg/hour as…

A: Morphine is a opioid medication , also called as narcotics. It usually act on the pain signals by…

Q: Doctor's order says infuse 500 ml of Normal saline in over 4 hours Drop factor 10 gtts/ml. Calculate…

A: Normal saline is a of fluid that belongs to the crystallized fluid family and it is used for…

Q: A calibrated burette will be used to deliver an intravenous medication dosage order of 200 mg…

A: The drug to be administered is 200 mg in 5 ml. This drug will be diluted in 40 ml. hence,

Q: An infusion pump is set to deliver 55 mL/h. What volume would be delivered in the first 170 mins?…

A: We are told that an infusion pump is said to deliver 55 ml every hour. Infusion pumps specialised…

Q: Determine the infusion rate for the following IV being administered by gravity setup: Clindamycin…

A: Given, clindamycin = 800 mg in 150 mL D5W D5W means dextrose in 5% water To be given over 1 1 /2…

Q: If the net filtration pressure is negative 7 mm Hg (-7 mm Hg), the net movement of fluids is Group…

A: The net filtration pressure (NFP) measures the interaction of the hydrostatic and osmotic pressures,…

Q: The physician orders an IV solution to infuse at the rate of 54gtt/min. The infusion set is…

A: The infusion rate is defined as the rate at which the drug is administered. Factors influencing the…

Q: Which of the following is NOT an effective treatment for distended tissues? A) surgical…

A: Tissue is the group of cells having designated functions.

Question

An 81-year-old man is prescribed diamorphine 90 mg to be given subcutaneously over 24 hours using a syringe driver. The diamorphine infusion that is used contains 6 mg/mL. What is the correct infusion rate in mL/hour that the syringe driver should be set at? Give your answer to one decimal places

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

The physician ordered an infusion of NSS 500 millimeters in 3 hours using a 15 drops/mL set. With 1 ½ hours remaining, you discover that only 150 millimeter is left in the bag. At what rate in drops per minute will the infusion be reset?
Systemic blood pressure is defined as the ratio of two pressures—systolic and diastolic—both expressed in millimeters of mercury. Normal blood pressure is about 120mm/80mm which is usually just stated as 120/80. What would normal systemic blood pressure be if, instead of millimeters of mercury, we expressed pressure in each of the following units, but continued to use the same ratio format? Part A) atmosheres = a)120/ 80 b) 2.32/ 1.54 c) 0.158/ 0.105 d) 1.60x10^4/ 1.06x10^4 Part B) torr = a) 120/ 80 b) 2.32/ 1.54 c) 0.158/ 0.105 d) 1.60x10^4/ 1.06x10^4 Part C) Pa = a)120/ 80 b) 2.32/ 1.54 c) 0.158/ 0.105 d) 1.60x10^4/ 1.06x10^4 Part D) N/ m^2 = a)120/ 80 b) 2.32/ 1.54 c) 0.158/ 0.105 d) 1.60x10^4/ 1.06x10^4 Part E) psi = a)120/ 80 b) 2.32/ 1.54 c) 0.158/ 0.105 d) 1.60x10^4/ 1.06x10^4
Give only typing answer with explanation and conclusion A patient is prescribed dobutamine at 2 micrograms/kg/min. The patient weighs 75 kg. You have prepared 200 mg in 50 mL infusion. What rate will you set the infusion pump in mL/hr?
An IV is set to deliver 3000 units of a medication in 3 hours. The rate of flow of the medication is 100 mL/hr. what is the flow rate for this medication in units per min? A total IV infusion of 500 mL is to be administered at a rate of 100 mL/hr. How long will this IV infusion run for in minutes?
If you have 6-MAM, acetylcodeine, and heroin in a GCMS column (silica capillary column), why is the elution order: acetylcodeine, then 6-MAM, then heroin (in order from fastest elution to slowest)?