If a bag of a pain medication is administered to a pediatric patient at a rate of 0.2ml/hour is this going to be a high enough rate to keep a port from clotting? Should the pain medication be mixed with a larger amount of fliud so that a a higher rate can be used? If the pain medication is stopped to administer for example, ativan what is the best way to flush to avoid flushing in too much pain medication. Could a carrier fluid be used and would this be done by connecting the carrier fluid administration set into the lower y-site on the pain medication administration set. When a carrier fluid is used isn't that going to disrupt how quickly they are receiving the pain medication?
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