PN Amino Acids: Dose, Nitrogen, Volume and Cysteine
Sets a PN amino acid order beside the product's FDA label, as g/kg/day against the range for the age band.
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Example
- Product
- Travasol 10%
- Age band
- Adult, stable
- Patient weight
- 70
- Weight unit
- kg
- Amino acids ordered
- 1
- Order unit
- g/kg/day
- Elcys (cysteine)
- No
Result: 1 g/kg/day of amino acids as Travasol 10%: 11.55 g of nitrogen in 700 mL; within the label range.
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What you enter
- Product
- Age band: under 1 month (neonate), 1 month to under 1 year (infant), 1 to 10 years (child), over 10 to under 17 (adolescent), adult-stable, adult-critical
- Patient weight
- Weight unit
- Amino acids ordered
- Order unit: g/kg/day (g-kg-day) or g per day (g)
- Elcys (cysteine): not added (no), added and under 12 years (under-12), added and 12 or older (12-plus)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed: Travasol 10%, Prosol 20% and TrophAmine 10% (protein requirement by age, strength, grams of nitrogen per mL, and the adult 40 mL/kg/day sentence) and Elcys (22 or 7 mg per gram of amino acids). Each figure as its own label prints it. Read the sources: Travasol label ↗, Prosol label ↗, TrophAmine label ↗, Elcys label ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.