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Feb
Med Calculation Formulas. Write as fraction 80 mg 2 ml 240 mg x ml cross multiply to give 80 2 240 x 80x 480. This is more so in a pediatric patient or calculating doses of infusions used in critical care like dopamine dobutamin nitroglycerin lidocaine etc. It is very important that you input an accurate result. Using the formula method volume required 240mg 80mg 2 1 ml 6 ml of gentamycin.
The universal formula is. Available is heparin 10 000 units ml. 2 ml doctor s order. Dose weight dosage. Dividing both sides by 80 to get x ˆ80ˆx ˆ80ˆ 480 80 x 6 ml. It is useful when the units of measurement are alike.
This is more so in a pediatric patient or calculating doses of infusions used in critical care like dopamine dobutamin nitroglycerin lidocaine etc.
Dose weight dosage. Flow rate ml hr total volume ml infusion time hr. Infusion time hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr infusion time hr for example if you must administer 1 l 1 000 ml of fluid over 4 hours use the first formula to calculate the flow rate like so. Quantity of drug available unknown dose on hand doctor s order 1. 2 ml doctor s order. So one third of your ml per hour 150ml should be your answer i e.