Enteral & parenteral nutrition calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
2 kcal/mL1600 mL/day? mL/h24 h/day

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is prescribed 1600 mL of tube feed a day, run by pump over 24 hours. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to the nearest whole number.

1600 mL/day24 h
R = mL/h
2.Easy
1 kcal/mL1400 kcal/day? mL/h18 h/day

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient needs 1400 kcal a day from a tube feed that provides 1 kcal/mL. The feed runs by pump for 18 hours a day. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to the nearest whole number.

1400 kcal/day1 kcal/mL18 h
R = mL/h
3.Medium
162 cmwomanIBW = ? kg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Devine formula to find the ideal body weight IBW of a woman who is 162 cm tall (1 in = 2.54 cm). Round to one decimal place.

162 cmwoman1 in = 2.54 cm
IBW = kg
4.Medium
165 cmmanIBW = ? kg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Devine formula to find the ideal body weight IBW of a man who is 165 cm tall (1 in = 2.54 cm). Round to one decimal place.

165 cmman1 in = 2.54 cm
IBW = kg
5.Hard
24 hdextrose 15%1500 mLamino acids 4%1500 mLlipid 20%500 mL · 2 kcal/mLdextrose 3.4 kcal/gamino acids 4 kcal/gNPC = ? kcal

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Over 24 hours a patient receives 1500 mL of parenteral nutrition with final concentrations of 15% dextrose and 4% amino acids, plus 500 mL of 20% lipid emulsion (2 kcal/mL). Find the non-protein energy NPC in kcal per day. Round to the nearest whole number.

1500 mLdextrose 15%amino acids 4%lipid 500 mL · 2 kcal/mL
NPC = kcal/day
6.Hard
24 hdextrose 20%2400 mLamino acids 6%2400 mL93 kg24 hGIR = ? mg/kg/min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 93 kg adult receives 2400 mL of parenteral nutrition containing 20% dextrose, infused over 24 hours. Find the glucose infusion rate GIR in mg/kg/min. Round to two decimal places.

93 kg2400 mLdextrose 20%24 h
GIR = mg/kg/min

Answer key

  1. 1. R = 67 mL/h
  2. 2. R = 78 mL/h
  3. 3. IBW = 54.2 kg
  4. 4. IBW = 61.4 kg
  5. 5. NPC = 1765 kcal/day
  6. 6. GIR = 3.58 mg/kg/min

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