250 ml of fluid usually takes anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes to infuse, depending on the nature of the drug, the patient’s age, and physical condition.
The general infusion drip rate is about 40 to 60 drops a minute, and every 15 drops equals about one milliliter, so 250 ml of fluid takes about 60 to 90 minutes.
But different drugs infusion drip rate is not the same, such as mannitol treatment of severe intracranial hypertension, the requirements of mannitol full-speed and rapid static point, every minute needs to reach 120 drops, quickly reach the blood concentration, play a rapid reduction of intracranial pressure effect.
For children with incomplete organ development, or the elderly with reduced cardiopulmonary function, the infusion rate should usually be slowed down, and if the patient has heart, lung or kidney disease or the patient is weak, the infusion rate should usually be slowed down as well.
During the infusion, do not change the drip rate of the drug without authorization, and follow the advice of professional doctor’s guidance, so as not to cause some serious adverse reactions to our body.