IV Dobutamine Calculation!!

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Ok, so the physician ordered 2.5mcg/kg/min. Pt weights 99.7 kg. Dose on hand is 500 mcg/250 ml. How many cc/hr would you run the IV dobutamine? (Need to check my answer!!) Thanks in advance.:typing

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Specializes in PICU/CVICU/Ped Nursing Faculty/TSICU.

ok, you made it alittle more difficult, but I am assuming that it is 500 MG/250 ml. Otherwise it would be running very very fast.

2.5*99.7*60=14,955

14955mcg/hr divided by 2000mcg/1ml =7.46 ml/hour

Hope that helps!

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Specializes in SICU, CICU.

500mg / 250ml x 1000mcg / 60min / 99.7wt = 0.334 constant

2.5mcg / 0.334 = 7.5 ml/hr

You can use the constant to figure any dose/rate

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