n 8 month old baby who weighs 10kg requires a morphine infusion at 20 microgram/kg/hour as prescribed by the consultant on the ward. How much morphine would you put in a 50ml syringe in order to be able to run the infusion at 1ml/hour?
n 8 month old baby who weighs 10kg requires a morphine infusion at 20 microgram/kg/hour as prescribed by the consultant on the ward. How much morphine would you put in a 50ml syringe in order to be able to run the infusion at 1ml/hour?
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An 8 month old baby who weighs 10kg requires a morphine infusion at 20 microgram/kg/hour as prescribed by the consultant on the ward.
How much morphine would you put in a 50ml syringe in order to be able to run the infusion at 1ml/hour?
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