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Vasopressor and inotrope infusions
One rate, converted into every unit the drug is actually dosed in, beside the published ranges and the source each one comes from.
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mcg/min
Enter a weight and a rate to convert between every unit this drug is dosed in.
- The FDA label and the heart failure guideline state this drug per minute; WFSA and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign state it per kilogram per minute. Both are published, and this calculator shows the rate in both units rather than choosing.
- No authoritative maximum rate was found to cite, so none is shown.
- The label states the rate is reduced gradually rather than stopped abruptly.
Whether a drug is dosed per minute or per kilogram per minute is a property of the SOURCE, not of the drug: norepinephrine is published both ways for an infusion. Each published range names the source that states it, and this patient's rate is shown in that source's own unit.