Mr. I. Phil Towers, a photographer of famous French landmarks, is to receive a Nitroprusside drip at 4 mcg/kg/min.  He weighs 190 pounds.  The Nipride concentration is 50 mg in 250 ml of D[sub]5[/sub]W.  What is the rate in ml/hr that you must use?

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Mr. E. A. Poe, an unpublished author with telltale signs of heart disease, presents with severe angina.  You are instructed to start a Nitroglycerin drip at 50 mcg/min.  The premixed Nitroglycerin comes as 50 mg in 500 ml of D[sub]5[/sub]W.  Calculate your infusion rate in ml/hr.

Your patient Mr. Willie Wynn, a gambler from Mt. Pleasant, has run out of luck and needs a dopamine drip.  He weighs 85 kilograms.  The dopamine concentration is 400 mg in 500 ml of D[sub]5[/sub]W. The dose ordered is 5 mcg/kg/min. Calculate your drip rate in ml/hr.

The cardiology fellow, Dr. Jeannie S. Childs, orders a Lidocaine drip at 2 mg/min.  Drug concentration is 2 g in 500 ml of D[sub]5[/sub]W.  Calculate your drip rate in ml/hr.