Pediatric Practice Problems: Calculating Fluid Requirements
(You can not answer on-line under volume, this is for your convenience as a printout.)

Tutorial

Child's Weight
Data / Volume to be given
1)  6.5 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
2)  12.6 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
3)  26 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
4)  8.4 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
5) 17.2 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
?ml / hour (maintenance)  
?2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
6) 36.2 kg
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
7) 883 gms
? ml / day (maintenance) spacer
? ml / hour (maintenance)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/day)  
? 2/3 maintenance (ml/hr)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/day)  
? 1.5 maintenamce (ml/hr)  
.
Answer Page
Back to Peds index page Pharmacology math Back to RNSG 2262
 
10/2003
Questions ?
LDP