IV fluids & fluid balance worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
maintenance100-50-20? mL/day17 kg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Holliday–Segar 100-50-20 method to find the daily maintenance fluid volume V in mL/day for a child who weighs 17 kg.

17 kg100-50-20
V = mL/day
2.Easy
maintenance100-50-20? mL/day32 kg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Holliday–Segar 100-50-20 method to find the daily maintenance fluid volume V in mL/day for a child who weighs 32 kg.

32 kg100-50-20
V = mL/day
3.Medium
IntakeOutput12-hour shiftmilk200 mLsoup180 mLtea240 mLice chips240 mLIV infusion75 mL/h × 12 hIV antibiotic1 × 100 mLurine150 mLurine450 mLurine175 mLurine225 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The record shows a patient's intake and output for one 12-hour shift. The patient weighs 96 kg. Find the average urine output U in mL/kg/h. Round to two decimal places.

96 kg12 hurine: 150 mLurine: 450 mLurine: 175 mLurine: 225 mL
U = mL/kg/h
4.Medium
IntakeOutput8-hour shifttea200 mLwater240 mLice chips100 mLIV infusion60 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic1 × 50 mLurine450 mLurine250 mLurine325 mLurine250 mLwound drain50 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The record shows a patient's intake and output for one 8-hour shift. The IV infusion ran at the rate shown for the whole shift. Find the total intake I in mL. Count ice chips as half their volume.

tea: 200 mLwater: 240 mLice chips: 100 mLIV infusion: 60 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic: 1 × 50 mL
I = mL
5.Hard
500 mL→ 150 mL/hstart 20:00ttotal​ = ? h75 mL/h × 2 h

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 500 mL infusion starts at 20:00 at 75 mL/h. After 2 hours the rate is changed to 150 mL/h and is not changed again. How many hours t after the start will the bag be empty? Round to one decimal place.

500 mL75 mL/h · 2 h150 mL/h
t = h
6.Hard
1000 mL100 mL infused60 mL/h10:30t = ? h

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 1000 mL bag runs by pump at 60 mL/h. At 10:30, 100 mL have already been infused. How many hours t until the bag is empty? Round to one decimal place.

1000 mL100 mL infused60 mL/h
t = h

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 1350 mL/day
  2. 2. V = 1740 mL/day
  3. 3. U = 0.87 mL/kg/h
  4. 4. I = 1020 mL
  5. 5. t = 4.3 h
  6. 6. t = 15 h

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