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26th February 2024

A post-operative patient is admitted to the surgical HDU following a laparoscopic subtotal colectomy.

A post-operative patient is admitted to the surgical HDU following a laparoscopic subtotal colectomy. On day 2 post-op, he is noted to be pyrexial, tachycardic and hypotensive. Sepsis 6 protocol is initiated. The patient is to be started on a metronidazole infusion for intra-abdominal sepsis at 0.75mg/kg/hr. You have a bag of 250mg in 50ml. The patient weighs 80kg.

At what rate (ml/hr) should the pump be set?

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