IV fluids & fluid balance worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
maintenance100-50-20? mL/day41 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 41 kg.

41 kg100-50-20
V = mL/day
2.Easy
maintenance100-50-20? mL/day44 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 44 kg.

44 kg100-50-20
V = mL/day
3.Medium
IntakeOutput8-hour shiftmilk100 mLwater250 mLice chips240 mLIV infusion50 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic2 × 100 mLurine150 mLurine150 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 fluid balance B = intake − output in mL (a negative answer means a net loss). Count ice chips as half their volume.

milk: 100 mLwater: 250 mLice chips: 240 mLIV infusion: 50 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic: 2 × 100 mLurine: 150 mLurine: 150 mL
B = mL
4.Medium
IntakeOutput8-hour shiftmilk200 mLwater200 mLtea200 mLIV infusion50 mL/h × 8 hIV antibiotic2 × 50 mLurine325 mLurine475 mLurine475 mLvomit150 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 71 kg. Find the average urine output U in mL/kg/h. Round to two decimal places.

71 kg8 hurine: 325 mLurine: 475 mLurine: 475 mLvomit: 150 mL
U = mL/kg/h
5.Hard
500 mL→ 60 mL/hstart 16:30ttotal​ = ? h120 mL/h × 3 h

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 500 mL infusion starts at 16:30 at 120 mL/h. After 3 hours the rate is changed to 60 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 mL120 mL/h · 3 h60 mL/h
t = h
6.Hard
500 mL50 mL/hstart 08:1509:15: ? mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A 500 mL bag was started at 08:15 and runs by pump at 50 mL/h. How many mL V are left in the bag at 09:15?

500 mL50 mL/h08:15 → 09:15
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 1920 mL/day
  2. 2. V = 1980 mL/day
  3. 3. B = 770 mL
  4. 4. U = 2.24 mL/kg/h
  5. 5. t = 5.3 h
  6. 6. V = 450 mL

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