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A physician needs your help to calculate the protamine dose on a patient who started hemorrhaging while on heparin. Patient has been receiving heparin at a dose of 13mls/hr for 2 hrs when the physician decides to use protamine to reverse the heparin. Heparin bag says concentration of 50 units/ml. The half-life of heparin is 60 minutes. 1 mg of protamine reverses 100 units of heparin. How much protamine should be given to this patient?
Correct Answer: E
Explanation 1st hour: 13mL/hr * 1 hr = 13mL 50U/mL = XU/13mL 650U Heparin given in hours since the half-life of protamine is 60 min 2nd hour 650/2 =325 units 650 units + 325 units = 975 units needs to be reversed. **1mg of protamine reverses 100U of Heparin (1mg protamine/100U Heparin) = (x mg protamine/975U Heparin given) = x = 9.7mg protamine