Care plan medication section

Hi all,

I'm working on a mock care plan and one of the medications listed is IV D5LR. I was wondering if this is potassium chloride? There is no specific name given for the medication, so I'm guessing I am just to pick one, but I need to know if this is potassium chloride or if it's a combination of potassium chloride and something else.

I'm looking at my drug guide book right now and some names listed for potassium chloride are: Apo-K, K-10, Kalium Durules, Kaochlor, Kaochlor-20 Concentrate, etc.

Can someone please assist? I would really appreciate it. :)

I would think D5LR would be a combination of 5% Dextrose and Lactated Ringer's solution..

Oh... oops. I don't know much about drugs. I was getting confused because the rubric listed it with Augmentin, so I guess I thought it was part of that, or something.

Anyway, do you know how I would look that up in a drug guide book?

Thanks for your quick response!

D5LR is 5% dextrose in lactated ringer's IV solution. If you are looking for it in a drug book, try looking up lactated ringer's and then dextrose solution separately. You aren't likely to find D5LR listed as one IV solution. One consideration when someone is receiving this fluid is blood glucose measurement. If your patient has a history of diabetes, this fluid probably isn't ideal. Even if the patient isn't diabetic, you should keep a careful watch on the patient's blood glucose levels. You should not give this fluid through the same IV line as a unit of blood because of the likelihood coagulation. As with any fluid, you want to monitor the patient's I&O, their fluid and electrolyte balance, vital signs, and breath sounds. If the patient has CHF, or other heart failures, monitor them for fluid volume overload. Here's a question for you to answer: How does hypervolemia, or FVO (fluid volume overload) manifest?

There is more information to be found about D5LR, but it will help you if you look it up yourself. You will retain more information if you find it rather than simply reading what I have written.