nitroglycerin IV infusion dosing units

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Lindsey M Eick
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nitroglycerin IV infusion dosing units

Hi All
we currently allow 2 dosing units for IV nitroglycerin - mcg/min and mcg/kg/min. We have seen some errors where providers enter in 10 mcg/kg/min (instead of 10 mcg/min) and are hoping to switch to using only 1 dosing unit. almost all of our other pressors/inotropes utilize weight based dosing so we would like to be in alignment with those.

Has anyone converted their nitroglycerin dosing unit to weight based dosing (mcg/kg/min)? if so what are your standard dosing range(s)? Was there any literature you used to support this transition?

Trying to arm ourselves with some data prior to speaking with cardiology, anesthesia and CT surgery.

Thanks
Lindsey

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