DECK 3 - BODY WATER MATH Flashcards
What percent of body weight is water?
45-65%
What percent of newborns, 1 year old, adult male, adult female, water?
Newborn: 75% water. 1 year: 65%. Adult male: 60% Adult female: 55%
8.8lb newborn has the same amount of water as ____
a 2 liter bottle
pediatric flow rate? maintenance
4ml/kg/hr under 10. add additional 2ml/kg for next 10 up to 20, add 1ml/kg for each kg over 20.
Pediatric flow rate for 8kg?
8x4= 32ml/hr
Pediatric flow rate for 16kg?
10(4) + 6(2) = 40+12 = 52ml/hr
Pediatric flow rate for 23kg?
10(4) + 10(2) + 3(1) = 40+20+3 = 63ml/hr
what is “total body water?” TBW
total amount of water in the body - 45-65% of weight
About what percent of the body is water?
45-65% of total weight. Let’s just say ish
How much does a liter of water weigh?
1 liter of water weighs 1kg
how much water weighs 1kg?
1 liter of water weighs 1kg
How much does a 2-liter of Mountain Dew weigh?
2 kg
How can you change POUND to KG?
take half then subtract 10% of that half. Ex 248lbs> 124-12.4= 122.
EXAMPLE- 183 pounds to kg:
round to 180. Half is 90, tenth of that 9. 90-9=81. About 80kg
EXAMPLE- round 65 pounds to
round to 66, half is 33 a tenth of that about 3, 33-3 is 30kg