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Directions: Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin (units/hr).


 Directions: Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin (units/hr).

 A client weighs 88 kg. Order: Bolus with heparin at 80 units/kg and give over 10 minutes; initiate drip at 18 units/kg/hr. Heparin infusion 25,000 units in 500 mL 0.9 % sodium chloride.

 Calculate the heparin bolus infusion rate: _______  mL/hr

 round to the nearest mL.


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weight: 88kg

Heparin:80unit/kg

Order: 18unit/kg/hour

18×88/hour

1584units/hour.

Available: 25000unit/500ml

250unit/5ml

500unit/10ml

1000unit/20ml

1500unit/30ml

25unit/0.5ml

75unit/1.5ml

1584unit=31.5ml

Answer: 31.5ml/hour.

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