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PN Math Problems from Lecture

Posted by Laura on November 23, 2009

Calculate Total Calories in One Day 

TPN mixture:

 40% dextrose 500 mL added to 8.25% Aminosyn 500 mL running at 100 mL per hour.

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 PPN mixture:

10% dextrose 500 mL added to 8.25% Aminosyn 500 mL running at 45 mL per hour

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 TPN mixture:

50% dextrose 500 mL added to 8.25% Aminosyn 500 mL running at 85 mL per hour, plus 500 mL of Lipsyn 20% to be run over 20 hours each day

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not sure on this last one – verifying with Harmon 🙂

Harmon says correct. Hmmmm.

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