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Pediatric Urine OutputRating: (votes: 0) Holly I have always used 0.5 - 1ml or cc/kg/hr to be a good range hope that helps you to calculate so if a 3kg baby then 1.5 - 3mls/kg/hr or in a 12hr span at 18-36mls, or for your 75kg person 38 - 75mls per hour or in a 12hr span then 450-900ml is adequate, of course assuming reasonable hydration and ongoing fluid supplyhope it helps regards Comment:
the 0.5mls/k/hr - 1ml/k/hr works for actual pediatric pateints but once you get into the teenagers who are adult sized you go by adult expectations. At our pediatric hospital anyone over 60 kgs is considered adult for parameters and drug doses......of course that assumes they are a healthy child of normal weight and height. However, suppose it were a 6 year old who was over 60 kg, then you would have to make concessions and perhaps some guidelines from the physician in charge of the patient to determine which standard they wished to follow
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What is thenormal Urinary Output for a 17.1 kg 6 year old. Do I still go with 1-2 ml/kg/hr?
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what about a 16kg girl who's output is 230ml in a 12hr period?is that normal output??
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I did my calculations but I cannot make sense of it1-2ml/kg/hrso I have no idea.I did and I came up with 32ml per hr, but that did not make sense to me.32ml/kg(16kg girl)/dayI am doing clinicals at a dialysis center so I am just curious. if anyone knows, responses are welcome!
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that's ok that no one responded. I figured it out this is it for anyone else that is interested in these types of problems:Normal urine output is:A.Infant: 2-3 ml/kg/hrB.Toddler/preschooler: 2 ml/kg/hrC.School-age child: 1 - 2cc/kg/hrD.Adolescent: 0.5-1 ml/kg/hrFirst:Obtain accurate wt. in kgSecond:Measure urine output accurately.Third:Compute number of hours that patient voided the above amount of urine.Fourth:Use formula:Amt. of urine divided by wt. in kgdivided by number of hoursExample:At the end of your 8 hours shift, your 10 kg infant voided 300cc. Is this sufficient urine output for this patient?cc = 300cc x 1 x 1 = 300 = 3.75 cc/kg/hrkg/hr 10kg8hr80This is sufficient urine output for this patient.
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