[Mcgyver]

Hey guys,I have some question,usually for the elderly how many hours do you infuse lipofundin-Intralipid 20%, 500 cc bottle?
Hope you can help me, tnx!

[Cerebrum]

Many of our physicians will order the house protocol based on the patients needs. Having said that 99% of the time the rate of infusion has been 42ml/hr for the lipids along with the TPN/PPN. so it comes to about 12 hours infusion time. Hope this helps.

[gradcare]

Have yet to see a "standard rate" of TPN administration as nutritional needs can vary dependent on disease state, weight temp etc. Also fat percentage (eg 10 % vs 20%) can be altered depending on comorbitities and serum triglyceride levels

[ghillbert]

I agree - usually over 12 hrs at 42 ml/hr.

[cardiacRN2006]

Our lipids come in 250cc bags, and we run then at 30cc/hr x 8 hours.

[RN1980]

our lipids come in 500c glass bottle, different %'s require different rates, but the constant with lipids for our protocol require the bottle to be changed every 24hrs and no fitlers.