Question

Sasha is ordered Ampicillin 50mg/kg/day x 48 hours, to be given every 6 hours in 100mls of N/S run over 30 minutes. The tubing has a drop factor of 10 gtts/ml. Sasha weighs 64 lbs. What is the correct dose and infusion rate

Answer 1

Answer;

Here the ordered dose is 50 mg / Kg /day
The weight of the sasha is 64 lbs which is 29 Kg.

So she should be administered with 29 x 5 = 145 mg / day.

Therefore Sasha needs to get 145 mg / day of that drug.

These drug should be infused in the solution of 100 ml.
The given time is 30 minutes
The drop factor of these tubing is 10.

By applying these value in the actual IV calculation formula it would be , 100 x 10 / 30 = 33.3

Therefore these drugs should be infused for 33 gtt / min.