You
are told to draw up a new inotrope for infusion to be administered to
an 80 kg
patient.
The drug comes as an ampoule containing 200mg in 20 mL. You are
instructed
to
draw the whole ampoule up with water for injection to make a final
volume of
50
mL. You only have a basic syringe driver that runs in mL/h. The
product information
recommends
starting the infusion at 20 mcg/kg/min. How many mL/h would
you
set the syringe driver to?
a)
9.6 mL/h
b)
12.0 mL/h
c)
16.7 mL/h
d)
18.0 mL/h
e)
24.0 mL/h
