ICU SEDATION GUIDELINES

The 2009 IDSA/ASHP recommendations do not suggest using dosing weight. We use dosing weight as listed below so you must enter the dosing weight into GlobalRPh for the program to use that weight If the patient’s BMI is > 30, dosing weight (sometimes called adjusted body weight) should be used to calculate a dose in GlobalRPh per Deaconess protocol ................
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