Narasimha Rao Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Anyone using safe and time-efficient ways of calculating common infusions, such as morphine/ muscle relaxants/ inotropes/ prostaglandin etc? I’ve come across spreadsheets with weight as variable and some stickers. But looking for ideas and to gain from other good practices too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juan carlos vidal Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 ANEXOSeguridad de la medicación final.doc Anexo insulina.doc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hewson Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 While at Wellington NZ NICU, I created a set of infusion calculators for neonatal use These are mostly fixed rate, and they are built around the specific drug ampoule strengths we stock. Michael 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M C Fadous Khalife Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 No but we double check our calculations in the neonatology unit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Franczia Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 We uploaded these data in the drug library of our Alaris pumps. (Fix composition method.) It is extremely simple to use: you order e.g. 5mcg/kg/min dobutamine - the nurse prepares the fix composition infusion (using the printed table) - enters the BW of the baby in the pump - enters the dose - and the pump calculates the infusion rate. You can use the table for individual calculations as well. If you have Agilia pumps, you may find the other file useful. You will need the special SW of Fresenius to modify it and to upload the drug library in the pumps. (It contains the lower BW range only, but for transport it was enough for us.) Peter _NICU infusions v6.4.0 EN.xlsx NICU infusions Agilia.bib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris van den Akker Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 The NeoMate app is very helpful! There is an infusion calculator, where you can easily 'calculate' how much medication needs to go in the syringe, with how much glucose/saline, and at which rate the pump then needs to run. https://london-nts.nhs.uk/professionals/neomate-mobile-app/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMari Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 4:02 PM, Peter Franczia said: We uploaded these data in the drug library of our Alaris pumps. (Fix composition method.) It is extremely simple to use: you order e.g. 5mcg/kg/min dobutamine - the nurse prepares the fix composition infusion (using the printed table) - enters the BW of the baby in the pump - enters the dose - and the pump calculates the infusion rate. You can use the table for individual calculations as well. If you have Agilia pumps, you may find the other file useful. You will need the special SW of Fresenius to modify it and to upload the drug library in the pumps. (It contains the lower BW range only, but for transport it was enough for us.) Peter _NICU infusions v6.4.0 EN.xlsx 36.37 kB · 9 downloads NICU infusions Agilia.bib 65.09 kB · 13 downloads We use Peter’s excel file and i can only recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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