Epinephrine is given via a nebulizer with a face mask and is driven with oxygen. The usual dose in infants weighing 10 kg is 5 mg, which may be given as 5 mL of 1:1000 solution of l-epinephrine or as 0.5 mL of 2.25% solution (22.5 mg/mL) of racemic epinephrine solution, which co...
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The study was a randomized, double-blind controlled trial of aerosolized racemic epinephrine compared to salbutamol every one to 4 hours in previously well children aged 6 weeks to ≤ 2 years of age hospitalized with bronchiolitis. The primary outcome was symptom improvement as measured by the Resp...
4. Nebulizer therefore has an 0.9 mg/min racemic epinephrine output when the 1:4 racemic epinephrine dilution is nebulized 5 liter/min. 5. Aerosol deposition in the upper respiratory tract was esti- mated at 50% (6). RR/min 6. x 7.0 ml/kg X 5000 mllmin wt (kg) = inhaled fraction...