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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2019 Jan-Feb;68(1):73–79. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000322

Table 2.

Example of a Dose Rate Calculation within a 4-Hour Block with a Titrated Medication Infusion

1200 1215 1230 1245 1300 1315 1330 1345 1400 1415 1430 1445 1500 1515 1530 1545
Propofol
Infusion
(mcg/kg/min)		 12 14 30 32 32 32 32 32 33 35 40 36 40 40 40 48
1200–1300 1300–1400 1400–1500 1500–1600
Mean: 12 + 14+ 30 + 32 /4 = 22 32 Mean: 33 + 35 + 40 + 36 /4 = 36 Mean: 40 + 40 + 40 + 48 /4= 42

Note.Total 4-hour block sedation intensity: 22 + 32 + 36 + 42 = 132.