fentanyl

gus how you are doing these days .

first of all I went to say thanks for all of you for helping me .

I went to ask questions if doc order 6 meg of fentanyl how much ml should I give?

That depends on how concentrated the solution is, we can't answer that for you without more information.

Need more info. Also, if you are truly giving that much Fent. your kiddo is at high risk for chest rigidity.

Fent comes in 100 micrograms per ml.

This should answer your queastion.

Fent comes in 100 micrograms per ml.

This should answer your queastion.

Not on all units. We don't get the premade fentanyl vials. Ours is already diluted by pharmacy to 10 mcg/ml. We get new vials everyday of pharmacy-made fentanyl, morphine (0.1 mg/ml and 1 mg/ml), and ativan (0.1 mg/ml).

I've given 6 or more mcg pretty often - we give 2 mcg/kg for big procedures like intubation, so if the kiddo is over 3 kilos it's going to be a large dose. Definitely need to give very slowly though, over about 5 minutes. I love when a baby is on a fentanyl drip already because then we can just bolus them on the Smartpump, which will give it over 5 minutes automatically so you don't have to stand there doing it yourself.

I know that fent concentrations in our 0.1mg\ml the one pharmacy prepation as fent drip .

I went to know how much mcg equal mg or ml ???????????????

that is 100mcg/ml. what pharm sends for a gtt is going to be far more concentrated than what u use 4 a bolus.