IVIg math
Anonymous
September 4, 2011 at 1:08 am
2.204 lb = 1 kg
Let use an example, say 132 lb:
132 lb divided by 2.204 = 60 kg (close enough)
Loading dose of 2 g of IVIg / kg body weight * 60 kg body weight = 120 g of IVIg total.
If you get this dose over two days, then you get 120/2 = 60 g each day.
If you get this does of five days, then you get 120/5 = 24 g each day.
So it is not hard: just put your weight in instead of 132 lbs and you can figure out what your loading dose should be.
For maintenance doses, put your specific dose in instead of 2 g of IVIg.
~MarkEns