Question

You need to admin furosemide 2mg/min via continuous IV, pharmacy sent a bag 400mg diluted in 250ml how many ml an hour will you set controller on

Answer 1

To administer furosemide at a rate of 2mg/min via continuous IV using a 400mg/250ml bag, the controller should be set to 3.33 ml per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many ml per hour to set the controller on for administering furosemide, you first need to calculate the total amount of furosemide in the 250ml bag. The bag contains 400mg, so converting to ml, you get 400ml. Next, divide the total amount of furosemide in the bag by the rate of administration, which is 2mg/min. So, 400ml / 2mg/min = 200 min.

Since you want to determine the ml per hour, you need to convert minutes to hours. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour, so 200 min / 60 min/hr = 3.33 hours.

Therefore, you would need to set the controller to administer the furosemide at a rate of 3.33 ml per hour.