Patient Monitor User Manual Drug Calculation and Titration Table (Optional)
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Chapter 10 Drug Calculation and Titration Table
(Optional)
The patient monitor provides drug calculation and titration table display functions for fifteen
drugs and outputs the content of titration table on the recorder.
10.1 Drug Calculation
The drug calculations that can be performed by the system are
AMINOPHYLLINE,
DOBUTAMINE, DOPAMINE, EPINEPHRINE, HEPARIN, ISUPREL, LIDOCAINE,
NIPRIDE, NITROGLYCERIN
and
PITOCIN. DRUG A, DRUG B, DRUG C, DRUG D
and
DRUG E
are also provided to flexibly replace any of the drugs.
By selecting
DRUG CALC
in
SYSTEM MENU
, the following
DRUG CALC
window appears:
Figure 10-1 DRUG CALC menu
The following formulas are applied to dose calculation:
Concentrate = Amount / Volume
INF Rate
= DOSE / Concentrate
Duration
= Amount / Dose
Dose
= Rate × Concentrate
DRIP Rate
= INF Rate / 60 × DROP Size