Infusion rate

Infusion rate:

Infusion rate (ml/hr):

1. 1 litre of 0.9% NaCl to be given over 8 hours, find the infusion rate:

Infusion rate: = 125 ml/hr

2. You need to administer 500 ml of 0.9% NaCl over a period of 8 hours. Find the infusion rate:

Infusion rate: = 62.5 = 63 ml/hr

3. You need to administer 1 litre of Compound Hartman’s (Sodium lactate solution ) over a period of
4 hours. Find the infusion rate:

Infusion rate: = 250 ml/hr

Infusion rates by kilogram:

When infusion rates of medicines are prescribed per kilogram of patients weight,

Infusion rate (ml/hr) =

1. Patient requires Dobutamine which is 250 mg in 50 ml and it is prescribed to start at 2

mcg/kg/min and the patient weighs 60 kg. What is the infusion rate in ml/hr ?

Step 1

If the prescription is written in milligram, convert to microgram.

250 mg in 50 ml = = 5 mg/ml = 5000 mcg/ml

Step 2

Apply the formula:

Infusion rate (ml/hr) =

= = 1.44 ml/hr

5. Nor adrenaline is available as 4 mg in 50 ml in 0.9% NaCl to be given at a rate of 0.20 mcg/kg/min.

Patient weighs 70 Kg. Calculate the flow rate in ml/hr:

4 mg in 50 ml

i.e. = 0.08 mg/ml = 80 mcg/ml

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Infusion rate

Infusion rate (ml/hr) =

= = 10.5 ml/hr

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