Y.W. weighs 158 pounds. The pharmacy-supplied infusion bottle reads "propofol (Diprivan)
500 mg/50 mL." At how many milliliters per hour would you set the infusion pump? (Round
to the nearest hundredth.)
What will be an ideal response?
• 4.31 mL/hr (rounded from 4.308)
• The dose is 10 mcg/kg/min. First figure the weight: 71.8 kg (158/2.2).
• Calculate the dose needed per minute: 10× 71.8 = 718 mcg/min.
• Calculate the dose needed per hour: 718× 60 = 43,080 mcg/hr or 43.08 mg/hr.
• Determine the infusion rate: 500 mg/50 mL: 43.08 mg/x mL.
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