INDICES> sodium nitroprusside dose in infants?

["Blockman, M, Marc, DR" <mblockmn@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za>]

INDICES> sodium nitroprusside dose in infants?
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Good afternoon

Please can anyone help with the maximum infusion dose of sodium 
nitroprusside in a 2 months old baby, weighing 5.6kg; 
post surgery for coarctation of the aorta.

thanks very much

Marc Blockman

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