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5. You are transporting a 66-pound pediatric patient with a congenital heart defect. The doctor initially orders 20 mg/k
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5. You are transporting a 66-pound pediatric patient with a congenital heart defect. The doctor initially orders 20 mg/kg/min of lidocaine to be infused I.V. The nurse hands you a 250-milliliter bag of DsW that she has labeled “200 milligrams lidocaine added.” At how many drops per minute will you adjust your microdrip administration set to drip? The patient in problem 5 does not significantly improve. You are told to increase the current infusion to 40 mg/kg/min. Now what will your in- fusion rate be?