| Drug | How Supplied: | Preparation: | Dose ( /kg) | 70kg pt: Dose | Contraindications |
| Atropine | 1 mg in 1 mL vial | draw up 1 cc (in 3 cc syringe) | 0.005-0.01 mg/kg | 0.4 - 0.7 mg | |
| Ephedrine | 50 mg in 1 mL vial | dilute with 9cc NS (in 10 cc syringe): 5 mg/mL |
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5 - 10 mg | IHSS, patients who cannot tolerate tachycardia,patients on MAOI inhibitors |
| Phenylephrine
NB: "Double Dilution" |
10 mg in 1 mL vial | inject 10mg into a 10 cc bottle of NS; draw up 1 cc from the bottle and dilute with 9cc NS (in 10 cc syringe): 100mcg/mL |
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50 - 100 mcg | patients who cannot tolerate increased afterload (ie severe CHF) |
| Nitroglycerin | 400 mcg/mL (in 10 cc bottle) | draw up 2 cc (800 mcg) and dilute with 8 cc NS (in 10 cc syringe): 80 mcg/mL |
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40 - 80 mcg |
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| Drug | How Supplied: | Preparation: | Dose ( /kg) | 70kg pt: Dose | Contraindications |
| Sodium Thiopental | 500 mg powder | draw up in 20 cc NS: 25 mg/mL | 3 - 5 mg/ kg | 210 - 350 mg | severe hypovolemia, severe myocardial dysfunction, porphyria |
| Propofol | 10 mg/mL | STERILE TECHNIQUE | int: 1.5- 2.5 mg/kg
maint: 75-150mcg/kg/min |
100 - 200 mg
30 - 60 cc/ hr |
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| Etomidate | 2 mg/mL (in 10 cc bottle) | draw up in 10 cc syringe: 2 mg/mL | 0.1 - 0.3 mg/ kg | 7 - 21 mg | |
| Fentanyl | 50 mcg/mL | draw up in 5 cc syringe: 50 mcg/mL | 1 - 2 mcg/ kg | 50 - 150 mcg | |
| Morphine | 15 mg in 1 mL | dilute with 9 cc NS (in 10 cc syringe): 1.5 mg/mL | 0.05 - 0.1 mg/kg | 3 - 8 mg |
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| Drug | How Supplied: | Preparation: | Dose ( /kg) | 70kg pt: Dose | Contraindications |
| Succinylcholine | 20 mg/ml (in 10 cc bottle) | draw up in 10 cc syringe: 20 mg/mL | 1 - 2 mg/kg | 70 - 140 mg | MH, burns, muscle dystrophy, CNS denervation (eg spinal cord injury), pseudocholinesterase deficiency |
| d-Tubocurarine | 3 mg/ml | draw up in 3 cc syringe: 3 mg/mL | ----- | 3 - 4.5 mg | |
| Pancuronium | 2 mg/mL (in 5 cc bottle) | draw up in 5 cc syringe: 2 mg/mL | int: 0.08 mg/kg
maint: 0.02 mg/kg |
6 mg
1-2 mg |
renal failure, surgery < 90 minutes, patients who cannot tolerate tachycardia |
| Rocuronium | 10 mg/mL (in 5 cc bottle) | draw up in 5 cc syringe:10 mg/mL | int: 0.5 - 0.8mg/kg
maint: 0.15 mg/kg |
35 - 60 mg
10 mg |
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| Atracurium | 10 mg/mL (in 10 cc bottle) | draw up in 5 cc syringe:10 mg/mL | int: 0.4 mg/kg
maint: 0.1 mg/kg |
25-30 mg
5 - 10 mg |
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| Neostigmine | 0.5 mg/mL (in 10 cc bottle) | add to glycopyrrolate, at the time of reversal of NDMR | 0.04 - 0.07 mg/kg | 2.8 - 4.9 mg | |
| Glycopyrrolate | 0.2 mg/mL | with neostigmine | (1/5 the weight of neostigmine) | 0.5 - 1.0 mg |