| Medication (Trade Name) |
Drip Dosing Ranges |
Common
Concentrations |
Max
Conc. |
| Alprostadil (Prostin VR) |
0.01 - 0.4 mcg/kg/min
(initial 0.05 - 0.1mcg/kg/min) |
|
|
| Alteplase |
|
50 mg / 50 cc SW
100 mg / 100 cc SW |
|
| Aminocaproic Acid (Amicar) |
|
5000 mg / 250 cc D5W |
|
| Aminophylline |
0.8 - 1.2 mg/kg/hr
(load 6-8 mg/kg) |
450 mg / 250 cc D5W
(see Theophylline) |
|
| Amiodarone |
5-15 mcg/kg/min
( load 5 mg/kg;
max load 150 mg) |
150 mg / 50 cc |
|
| Amrinone (Inocor) |
5 - 10 mcg/kg/min
(load 0.75 mg/kg) |
|
|
| Bretylium (Bretylol) |
|
2000 mg / 500 cc D5W
2000 mg / 250 cc D5W |
|
| Bumetanide (Bumex) |
|
10 mg / 100 cc D5W
25 mg / 100 cc D5W |
0.25 mg / cc |
| Cisatracurium (Nimbex) |
1 - 2 mcg/kg/min |
100 mg / 100 cc D5W |
|
| Diltiazem (Cardizem) |
|
125 mg in 125 cc D5W |
|
| Dobutamine (Dobutrex) |
5 - 20 mcg/kg/min |
500 mg / 250 cc
1000 mg / 250 cc |
10 mg / cc |
| Dopamine (Itropin) |
0.5 - 20 mcg/kg/min |
400 mg / 250 cc
800 mg / 250 cc |
10 mg / cc |
| Epinephrine/Adrenalin |
0.05 - 1 mcg/kg/min |
2 mg / 250 cc |
0.5 mg / cc |
| Esmolol (Brevibloc) |
300 - 1000 mcg/kg/min*
(adults load 500 mcg/kg,
then 200 mcg/kg,
then 50 - 200 mcg/kg/min) |
2.5 g / 250 cc |
10 mg / cc |
| Fentanyl (Sublimaze) |
1 mcg/kg/hr initial |
1000 mcg / 100 cc
2500 mcg/50cc |
50 mcg/cc |
| Furosemide (Lasix) |
0.25 - 0.75 mg/kg/hr |
100 mg / 100 cc |
|
| Heparin |
10 - 30 units/kg/hr
(load 5 - 50 units/kg) |
25,000 U / 250 cc |
|
| Insulin |
0.01 - 0.1 units/kg/hr |
50 U / 500 cc
100 U / 100 cc |
|
| Isoproterenol (Isuprel) |
0.02 - 0.5 mcg/kg/min |
2 or 4 mg / 250 cc |
0.15 mg / cc |
| Labetalol (Normodyne) |
0.25 - 1.5 mg/kg/hr
(load 0.2 - 1 mg/kg)*
(adults load 1 - 2mg/kg,
then 0.5 - 2mg/min) |
200 mg / 250 cc
400 mg / 200 cc
250 mg / 50 cc |
5 mg / cc |
| Lidocaine (Xylocaine) |
10 - 50 mcg/kg/min
(load 1 - 5 mg/kg) |
2000 mg / 250 cc
2000 mg / 500 cc
1000 mg/50 cc |
20 mg/ cc |
| Midazolam (Versed) |
0.05 mg/kg/hr initial
(load 0.15 - 0.35 mg/kg) |
100 mg / 100 cc |
1.5 mg / cc |
| Milrinone (Primacor) |
0.5 - 1 mcg/kg/min
(load 50 mcg/kg)
(adults load 50-75mcg/kg,
then 0.25 - 1mcg/kg/min) |
20 mg / 100 cc
50 mg / 50 cc |
1 mg / cc |
| Morphine |
|
100 mg / 100 cc
250 mg / 250 cc |
1 mg / cc |
| Naloxone (Narcan) |
|
5 mg / 500 cc |
|
| Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) |
1 - 3 mcg/kg/min
(initial 0.25 - 0.5mcg/kg/min)
(adults 5 - 20 mcg/min) |
25, 50 or 100 mg / 250 cc |
|
| Nitroprusside (Nitropress) |
0.5 - 4 mcg/kg/min |
50 or 100 mg / 250 cc |
5 mg / cc |
| Norepinephrine (Levophed) |
0.05 mcg/kg/min
(max 6 mcg/min) |
8, 16 or 32 mg / 250 cc |
0.3 mg / cc |
| Pancuronium (Pavulon) |
0.1 mg/kg/hr initial |
100 mg / 50 cc |
2 mg / cc |
| Pentobarbital (Nembutal) |
1 mg/kg/hr initial
(load 1 - 5 mg/kg) |
2500 mg / 50 cc |
50 mg / cc |
| Phenylephrine (Neo-synephrine) |
0.1 - 0.5 mcg/kg/min |
20 or 30 mg / 250 cc |
|
| Procainamide (Pronestyl) |
20 - 80 mcg/kg/min
(load 3 - 6 mg/kg over 5min) |
2000 mg / 250 cc
2000 mg / 500 cc
5000 mg / 50 cc |
100 mg/ cc |
| Propofol (Diprovan) |
125 - 300 mcg/kg/min
(adult anesthesia 50 - 200 mcg/kg/min;
sedation 5 - 50 mcg/kg/min ) |
500 mg / 50 cc |
10 mg / cc |
| Protamine |
1 mg/100 units of heparin
(max 50 mg/10 min) |
500 mg / 50 cc |
10 mg / cc |
| Terbutaline (Brethine) |
0.1 - 0.4 mcg/kg/min*
(load 2 - 10 mcg/kg*) |
50 mg / 50 cc |
1 mg / cc |
| Theophylline |
0.8 - 1.2 mg/kg/hr
(load 6-8 mg/kg) |
400 mg / 500 cc |
|
| Urokinase (Abbokinase) |
4400 IU/kg/hr* |
250,000 U / 250 cc
500,000 U / 250 cc |
|
| Vasopressin (Pitressin) |
0.5 - 100 mU/kg/hr for diabetes
insipidus
2 - 10 mU/kg/min for GI bleeding
0.2 - 2 mU/kg/min for hypotension |
100 or 200 U/ 250 cc
50 U / 50 cc |
|
| Vecuronium (Norcuron) |
0.1 mg/kg/hr initial |
50 mg / 50 cc |
1 mg / cc |
