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Order: Heparin 20,000 units in 1,000 mL 0.9 NaCl stat., infuse at 25 mL/h. Calculate the units per hour and determine if the dose is within the normal daily range (20,00040,000 units in 24 h).
 
  1. 25,000 units/h, and the dose is within the normal daily range.
  2. 500,000 units/h, and the dose is higher than the normal daily range
  3. 500 units/h, and the dose is lower than the normal daily range.
  4. 0.8 units/h, and the dose is lower than the normal daily range.

Question 2

Heparin 1640 units/hr is to infuse using a solution of 40,000 units in 500 mL. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

21 mL/hr




mynx

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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