Lipid Emulsion Dose and Rate Against the Label
Sets an IV lipid emulsion order beside the product's own FDA label, as g/kg/day and mL/kg/hour.
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Example
- Product
- Intralipid 20%
- Age band
- 2 to under 12 years
- Patient weight
- 20
- Weight unit
- kg
- Ordered lipid
- 3
- Order unit
- g/kg/day
- Infusion duration
- 12 hours
- Runs by Y-connector (y-site) or inside a PN admixture
- By Y-connector (direct infusion)
Result: 3 g/kg/day and 1.25 mL/kg/hour of Intralipid 20%: dose above the label maximum; rate above the label maximum.
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What you enter
- Product
- Age band: birth to under 2 years (birth-2), 2 to under 12 (2-11), 12 to 17 (12-17), adult
- Patient weight
- Weight unit
- Ordered lipid
- Order unit: g/kg/day (g-kg-day), g per day (g) or mL per day (mL)
- Infusion duration
- Runs by Y-connector (y-site) or inside a PN admixture (admixture)
The other 2 fields
- Total daily energy (optional)
- Label maximum from the label in hand (only if the label figures are withheld)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed, Dosage and Administration, Table 1: Intralipid 20% and 30%, SMOFlipid, Clinolipid and Omegaven. Maximum g/kg/day by age band, maximum infusion rate, time to complete the infusion, and the 60% of energy sentence, each as its own label prints it. Read the sources: Intralipid 20% label ↗, Intralipid 30% label ↗, SMOFlipid label ↗, Clinolipid label ↗, Omegaven label ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.