Your patient is 8% dehydrated and has an estimated ongoing l…
Your patient is 8% dehydrated and has an estimated ongoing loss of 50 mL due to vomiting today. Her weight is 35-lbs. The veterinarian tells you to use the standard 50ml/kg/day for maintenance fluids. A) Calculate the total fluid needs (replacement volume) this patient requires for 24 hours? B) What hourlyrate will you be setting his fluid pump? (Round the answer to the nearest whole mL.)
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The vet is using thiopentone to anaesthetize a patient. She has asked you to prepare 10 mL of a 2.5% thiopentone solution from the existing 5% solution. How will you do this? (give the amount of thiopentone solution AND the amount of water for injection) **Please state answer as: ? mL thiopentone; ? mL water
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