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1. Weight of the patient is 72.4kg

Ordered dose of nitroprusside 50mg in D5W 250 ml

Infusion rate of nitroprusside is 75ml/hour

Calculate how many mcg/kg/minute the patient is recieving

The dose of nitroprusside is 50mg

Convert 50mg to mcg

= 50000mcg / 250ml

= 200mcg× 72.4 × 60

= 868800 mcg /ml/kg/min

2. Weight of the patient = 70kg

Dopamine solution of 800mg in 500ml NS

Infusion rate = 5ml/hr

800mg is = 800000mcg

= 800000/ 500 ml

= 1600× 70× 60 mcg/ml/kg/min

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