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if
an order for
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l.V,
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lution speci
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a patien'
i.,o
receive 4 L
(4
000
mL)
of
..,Iu,ion in 24
houn.
,ben ,he pa
tien",
hourly
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te
of
inf
u.;on
i.
<ak"
lat
ed
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follo
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'o:
4000 mL (tor.1 infu,ion voiu"",)/24 h (total infu.ioo lime) =
167
mLJb
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p
...
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ibed
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l
u,
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of
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lution to inf
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a
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time
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thaI
i
•.
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minutes rather
u..n
hours, the minu'e.
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be
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to
frx1ioo.
of
hours as
foil""",
ToLa!
infu,;""
time in minut • .J60 minlh = infu,ion time in boo",
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if
an order fa" . n l.V . ..,1"';00
>pe<
i
fi
..
that.
"",ien,
i.
to
receive
200 ruL
of
",
Iu,ioo in 10 minute •. ,hen the
fi",
SI"P
in
c.kulating
the ;ofu.;oo ...
'"
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..
i
o.
...
romening
the minute> to
boo"
. s follows:
10 minl60 minlh = 0.1667 h
n.en
the second >IeI'
of
this
c.kulation
u"", the
fi",
formula. ,,'h,eh is
Total infu.ion
""ume
onkredllotal infoWn time
in
t.our.
=
"'"'
of
.... u'ionr'hour
200
mL
(101)1
infu';011
,'o
iu
me
jKl.
1667 h (loLa!
infu.ion
Ii
....
) = 1
200
mUll
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,ion
..
,up
i.
used
<ha
t
i.
>eI to gravity
drainage.nd
i,
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an
LV
. pump, then the drops
f><r
minute
mu"
be
c.
kul.led
bosed
00
,be
drop
factor
.
or
the number
of
drops
roo
..
ioeJ in I mL
of
""u,ion.
which
i.
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by
the
manuf"",urer
of
the
admini"
",
'ion >eI, Drops
f><r
minu'e ore ooun'N . s they infu
..
in
'o the drip
dwnber
0\
.. " I
minu'e's,i
....
, To
speed
up the
",'e
of
infu,ion .
.oo
",u,
,be numbe!
of
drops
f><r
minu'e, I
...
'en,ion
Of
pre"ure
i,
placed
""
the
admini
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damp.
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.Iow
the
""e
of
infu,ion .
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,be number
of
drops
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more
'e.woo
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~re
i,
ploced
00
,be administ ... ,ioo
d.mp.
In
fu,ion
se<s
ore referred
'o
. s m
acrodrop
....
,
if'be
drop
f",,""
i.
10.
12.
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~.
Of
20 drops/mL . • nd ,bey .
re
referred '0 as m
icrodrop
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t ...
Of
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~
p<'dialfic
drip
"",
if
the drop f"",or
i,
W
or
60
drops/mL
M
ic.oorop""
'ypic.lly
....
iden,ifiable
bee,u",
,bere i
••
vi,
ible needle in ,be middle
of
,be drip ctwnbef,
n.e formula to
cokulate
the number
of
drops
per
minute
'0
...
~ul'le
the boorly
",
'e
of
infu,iOll
of
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l
u,iOll
i,
(Total infu,;oo
,'Olu
me x drop
f.cto
.
-''''''''
infu,ion ,ime
cooH,nN'o
minute,
= drops/minute
For
in"""",
. if • palie
n'
i.
,uJ>POSed
'0
receiye
125
mUh
of
a given
oolu
tioo .
.oo
the admini
,""
tion set is a m:orrodrop set with . drop
factOf
of
15 drops/mI.. then the
number
of
drops per minute "'Ol
mu"
be
titrated
OIl
tbe
admini"""ion
set by
"Wly
ing .
pp<opri
>1e
"""iOll 00 ,Ile roller d..-np that
i,
c.kul.ted
. , follows: