Drug infusion calculators

[NRao 18]

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!

 

 

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[juan carlos vidal 10]

ANEXOSeguridad de la medicación final.doc Anexo insulina.doc

[M Hewson 13]

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

 

[M C Fadous Khalife 25]

No but we double check our calculations in the neonatology unit

[Peter Franczia 2]

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

[Chris van den Akker 3]

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/