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Question 2
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Please use the nomogram provided in the Anticoagulants PPT for reference.
You patient is on a heparin infusion for treatment of a pulmonary embolism. Pt weight 220 pounds. Your patient is currently receiving heparin 1000 units/hr. Their PTT result is: 75
seconds.
Using the nomogram provided in the Anticoagulants PPT, what is the correct course of action?
Selected Answer.
Administer 40 units/kg bolus, then increase infusion rate by 3 units/kg/hr
Answers:
Hold the infusion for one hour and then decrease infusion rate by 3 units/kg/hr
Decrease infusion rate by 2 units/kg/hr
Make no changes
Administer 40 units/kg bolus, then increase infusion rate by 3 units/kg/hr
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