Order: Ringer's Lactate 1000mL over 12hrs using an infusion pump.?

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Order: Ringer's Lactate 1000mL over 12hrs using an infusion pump.?

What is the flow rate?

2007-01-05 23:31:30 · 2 answers · asked by Richard 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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rate is nothing but the amount of volume of liquid passed through a unit time

always,remember rate means per unit time...
so,as per your question,
1000ml/12 x 60 min
= 1.3888888889 ml/min

hope this helps

2007-01-06 02:52:33 · answer #1 · answered by For peace 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

1.4 ml/min

2007-01-06 07:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by kingpin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋