A patient has been prescribed 500ml of 0.9% Normal saline to be given over 6 hours. tell me the cakculation?

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A patient has been prescribed 500ml of 0.9% Normal saline to be given over 6 hours. tell me the cakculation?

2007-10-29 15:05:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health

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the calculation will be :
500ml (volume of infusion) x20(Number of drops/minute
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360 ( 6 hours x 60 minutes )

=500x20
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360
=10000
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360
=10000
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360
=27.77 drops/minute

2007-10-30 14:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

the word is calculation, and if you can't even spell that, I doubt you would understand the calculation for an IV rate.

2007-10-29 22:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

do the math yourself.

2007-10-29 22:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by canam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋