Problem 4

Problem 4: Practice Drug Titrations

After the loading dose you start the Amrinone at 5 mcg/kg/min. If you have 250 mg/500 ml NS, what rate (ml/hr) will you start the Amrinone infusion?

Remenber weight is 60 kg and you need to convert to ml/hr

500 ml X 5 mcg X 60 min X 60 kg = 900000 ml = 3.6 ml/hr
250,000 mcg kg/min 1 hr 250000 hr