feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' The maximum safe rate of potassium infusion is 0.5 mEq/kg/hr. As this dog weighs 12 kg, the maximum is 6 mEq/hr. This is one of those rates that you need to know. Administering potassium more rapidly than this can result in fatal arrhythmias." | feedback1="'''Incorrect.''' The maximum safe rate of potassium infusion is 0.5 mEq/kg/hr. As this dog weighs 12 kg, the maximum is 6 mEq/hr. This is one of those rates that you need to know. Administering potassium more rapidly than this can result in fatal arrhythmias." |