Continuous rate infusion

Ketamine CRI

Enter the patient and intended dose. VetTK preloads a practical preparation and calculates exactly how to prepare it and what pump rate to use.

1 · Patient

Species

Patient weight

2 · Dose

Reference CRI range

0.12–0.6 mg/kg/h

Target dose

mg/kg/h

3 · Prepare the CRI

VetTK has preloaded a practical starting preparation for dogs. Both concentrations remain editable if your product or local protocol differs.

Stock drug concentration

mg/mL

VetTK default: 100 mg/mL · verify the vial label.

CRI concentration

mg/mL

VetTK default for dogs: 5 mg/mL · editable.

Container

Syringe driver

Final syringe volume

VetTK uses a practical syringe-driver default: 5 mg/mL for dogs and 3.33 mg/mL for cats. These are editable because hospitals may use different ketamine CRI concentrations.

4 · Pump rate

Enter patient weight and target dose, then confirm the preparation above.

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