For the last one week, there has been some interesting discussion in my group on the use of the rule of six for infusion. I have previously written a blog post on this.According to an article (click here to access), the rule of six is not optimal for patient safety - which I sincerely agree. Some of the points raised in that article:1. the rule of 6 is not followed consistently. Some
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The Rule of SIX in Drug Dosing and Infusion
Image credited to zeathiel at stock.xchngSupposed as a junior medical officer, you want to start dopamine infusion for a patient in hypovolemic shock (with persistent low BP despite adequate fluid resuscitation). You look up at the drug formulary (just to counter-check) and it states that the dosage for dopamine is "5 mcg/kg/min, increasing gradually using 5-10 mcg/kg/min increments......". Most
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