Hey guys,I have some question,usually for the elderly how many hours do you infuse lipofundin-Intralipid 20%, 500 cc bottle?Hope you can help me, tnx! 0 Likes
Cerebrum Specializes in PCU. Has 3 years experience. Apr 20, 2008 Many of our physicians will order the house protocol based on the patients needs. Having said that 99% of the time the rate of infusion has been 42ml/hr for the lipids along with the TPN/PPN. so it comes to about 12 hours infusion time. Hope this helps. 0 Likes
gradcare, LPN Specializes in gen icu/ neuro icu/ trauma icu/hdu. Apr 22, 2008 Have yet to see a "standard rate" of TPN administration as nutritional needs can vary dependent on disease state, weight temp etc. Also fat percentage (eg 10 % vs 20%) can be altered depending on comorbitities and serum triglyceride levels 0 Likes
ghillbert, MSN, NP Specializes in CTICU. Has 20 years experience. Apr 27, 2008 I agree - usually over 12 hrs at 42 ml/hr. 0 Likes
cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN Specializes in Cardiac. Apr 27, 2008 Our lipids come in 250cc bags, and we run then at 30cc/hr x 8 hours. 0 Likes
RN1980 Specializes in icu/er. Apr 27, 2008 our lipids come in 500c glass bottle, different %'s require different rates, but the constant with lipids for our protocol require the bottle to be changed every 24hrs and no fitlers. 0 Likes
