Okay there has to be an easier way to do this because my eyes are crossing and Im getting extremly confused:
Heres the question
Order 4mcg/kg/min, the IV bag has 800 mg of Dopamine in 500 ml of D5W. The patients weight is 70kg. The drop factor is 10 drops = 1ML. What will the flow rate be in drops per hour?
So what I was told to do which is confusing the hell out of me because there is so many numbers in this.
MY WORK: 70 KG X 4 MCG X 1MG X 500 ML X 10GTT
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kg x 1000mcg x800mgx ml
Im so beyond confused..my teacher confused the hell out of me and makes this much more harder than what its supposed to be. But my answer is 105 drops per hour.
SECOND QUESTION:
oRDER 5MG/KG IF THE CHILDS WEIGHT IT 38 LBS, HOW MANY MG WILL THE CHILD RECEIVE.
MY WORK : 38/2.2=17.27kg x 5mg/1kg = 86.35
86.35 Miligrams just does not make any sense to me!!