teex calcium chloride

Calcium Chloride 10% Class

Electrolyte
Calcium Chloride 10% Actions

Increases cardiac contractility
Calcium Chloride 10% Indications
- 1. Acute hyperkalemia
- 2. Acute hypocalcemia
- 3. Calcium channel blocker (Nifedipine, Verapamil) overdose
- 4. Antidote to magnesium sulfate overdose
- 5. Abdominal spasms associated with spider bite or Portuguese Man-O-Way strings
Calcium Chloride 10% Contraindications

Patients recieving digitalis (can result in sudden cardiac death from VF)
Calcium Chloride 10% Precautions
- 1. Extravasation may cause tissue necrosis
- 2. Precipitates with sodium bicarbonate to form calcium carbonate (chalk)- if needed to give then flush tubing very well between each
- 3. slow IV push (rapid push can cause VF)
Calcium Chloride 10% Side Effects
- 1. arrhthmias (bradycardia, asystole, VF)
- 2. hypotension and vasodilation
- 3. nausea, vomitting
- 4. extravasation may cause tissue necrosis
- 5. coronary and cerebral artery spasm
- 6. metallic or chalky taste in mouth
Calcium Chloride 10% Dosage

2-4mg / kg of 10% solution over 5 minutes repeated every 10 minutes
Calcium Chloride 10% Route

IV
Calcium Chloride 10% How Supplied
- Prefilled Syringe: 1gm / 10mL
- (1m ml of 10% solution: 13.6 mEq Ca++)
Calcium Chloride 10% Pediatric Dosage:
- Not indicated in newborns
- 20mg / kg IV or IO slowly, max 500mg

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teex calcium chloride

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TEEX medic calcium chloride 10%

Updated

2010-06-13T18:07:28Z

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