A physician orders 30,000 units of heparin in 500 mL of D5W to infuse at 10 mL/hour. What would be the hourly dosage of heparin?
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We do this by dividing the total units of heparin by the total volume of the solution: 30,000 units / 500 mL = 60 units/mL Show more…
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