Clinical Calculations Made Easy: Solving Problems Using Dimensional Analysis, 3rd Edition

Case Study 24. Clinical Depression

A 44-year-old successful businessman with a wife and two children, and diagnosed with clinical depression, has received several months of treatment with antidepressants and psychotherapy. The depression has not responded to therapy. He has become suicidal, and he has agreed to try electroconvulsive therapy (also called ECT). The orders from the physician include:

· Admit for ECT

· CBC and urinalysis

· ECG

· NPO after midnight

· Obtain AM weight

· Obtain baseline vitals 60 min before procedure

· Start IV D5/0.45% at 100 mL/hr

· Administer glycopyrrolate (Robinul) 4.4 mcg/kg IM 30 min preoperatively

· Zoloft 50 mg PO qAM

· Sinequan 25 mg PO tid

· Parnate 30 mg/day PO in 2 divided doses

Identify the orders that require calculations.

Set up and solve each problem using dimensional analysis.

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