IV fluids & fluid balance worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
maintenance100-50-20? mL/day50 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 50 kg.

50 kg100-50-20
V = mL/day
2.Easy
maintenance4-2-1? mL/h60 kg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the Holliday–Segar 4-2-1 rule to find the hourly maintenance fluid rate R in mL/h for a child who weighs 60 kg.

60 kg4-2-1
R = mL/h
3.Medium
IntakeOutput8-hour shiftjuice100 mLtea240 mLIV infusion80 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic2 × 50 mLurine300 mLurine325 mLurine150 mLwound drain60 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The record shows a patient's intake and output for one 8-hour shift. The patient weighs 69 kg. Find the average urine output U in mL/kg/h. Round to two decimal places.

69 kg8 hurine: 300 mLurine: 325 mLurine: 150 mLwound drain: 60 mL
U = mL/kg/h
4.Medium
IntakeOutput12-hour shiftmilk240 mLjelly100 mLsoup250 mLIV infusion75 mL/h × 12 hIV antibiotic2 × 50 mLurine175 mLurine200 mLurine225 mLwound drain130 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The record shows a patient's intake and output for one 12-hour shift. The IV infusion ran at the rate shown for the whole shift. Find the total intake I in mL.

milk: 240 mLjelly: 100 mLsoup: 250 mLIV infusion: 75 mL/h × 12 hIV antibiotic: 2 × 50 mL
I = mL
5.Hard
500 mL50 mL infused80 mL/h21:30t = ? h

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 500 mL bag runs by pump at 80 mL/h. At 21:30, 50 mL have already been infused. How many hours t until the bag is empty? Round to one decimal place.

500 mL50 mL infused80 mL/h
t = h
6.Hard
500 mL60 mL/hstart 13:1518:45: ? mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 500 mL bag was started at 13:15 and runs by pump at 60 mL/h. How many mL V are left in the bag at 18:45?

500 mL60 mL/h13:15 → 18:45
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 2100 mL/day
  2. 2. R = 100 mL/h
  3. 3. U = 1.4 mL/kg/h
  4. 4. I = 1590 mL
  5. 5. t = 5.6 h
  6. 6. V = 170 mL

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