Question

Your patient is in CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) and is placed on a nesiritide (Natrecor) drip. A nesiritide solution containing 1.5 mg is mixed in 250ml of normal saline. A continuous infusion is ordered to run at 0.01 mcg/kg/min. The patient’s weight is [Provide the patient's weight].

Calculate the rate at which the nesiritide infusion should be administered in mcg/min to achieve the ordered dosage.

Please provide the calculated rate.

Answer 1

To calculate the nesiritide infusion rate, multiply the ordered dosage of 0.01 mcg/kg/min by the patient's weight in kg. With a hypothetical patient weight of 70 kg, the dosage would be 0.7 mcg/min.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the rate at which the nesiritide infusion should be administered, we need the patient's weight in kilograms. Since the weight is not provided in the question, let's consider a hypothetical weight of 70 kg for calculation purposes. The dosage ordered is 0.01 mcg/kg/min.

First, we find the total dosage for the patient's weight:

• Dosage = 0.01 mcg/kg/min * 70 kg = 0.7 mcg/min

This is the rate at which the nesiritide should be administered for a patient weighing 70 kg to achieve the ordered dosage.