math help!!

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Any help will be appreciated, but I am stumped!

Order: Dobutamine 250mg IV in 500 ml D5W to infuse at 5mcg/kg/min. Mr O weighs 80 kg. What is the flow rate in ml/ hr?

I know it is probably simple lol...pls help!

Specializes in I'd like to get into neonatal or ob-gyn.

I convertd the 80 kg to 176 lbs and plugged it in the problem

500 ml/250 mg x 1 mg/1000 mcg x 5 mcg/ kg * min x 1 kg/2.2 lbs x 176 lbs x 60 min/1 hr

= 26400000/ 550000 = 48 ml/hr

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