Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient needs 2000 kcal a day from a tube feed that provides 1 kcal/mL. The feed runs by pump for 20 hours a day. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to the nearest whole number.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is prescribed 1800 mL of formula a day, given as 5 equal bolus feeds. What volume V is given in each bolus? Round to the nearest whole number.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 58 kg patient needs 1.2 g of protein per kg a day. The tube feed contains 44 g of protein per litre and runs at 40 mL/h for 18 hours a day. How many grams of extra protein ΔP a day are still needed? Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Devine formula to find the ideal body weight IBW of a man who is 193 cm tall (1 in = 2.54 cm). Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A critically ill woman is 176 cm tall and weighs 151 kg. The practice protocol gives 11 kcal/kg of actual body weight per day if the BMI is 30–50 kg/m², and 22 kcal/kg of ideal body weight (Devine) per day if the BMI is above 50 kg/m². Find the energy goal E in kcal/day. Round to the nearest whole number.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child who weighs 8 kg receives 7.5% dextrose at 52 mL/h. Find the glucose infusion rate GIR in mg/kg/min. Round to two decimal places.
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