So I'm having issues with trying to work out dosing and flow for drug infusions and was wondering if someone could give me a hand. I have a test coming up, and have never been so confused- partially due to my professors terrible teaching skills.
Anyway, I have some example problems and if I could just figure out how to solve one, it would help a ton!

SO: If a patient needs an infusion of dopamine at 2mcg/kg/min, how to I calculate the dose of a drug diluted in 50ml of 0.9% NaCl solution. And what is the flow in ml/hr to be set on the infusion pump.


I don't even know where to start. Should I assume normal weight? And find the dose per minute?