Dobutamine dose: 2-20ug/kilo/minute. To easily remember, think of how Dobutamine starts with "Do-" and tie that into the word "double," which ties to the number two. If you speak Spanish, it might be easier to remember how "Dos" means "two" and the starting dose is 2.
Milrinone: 0.375-0.75 ug/kilo/minute. For milrinone, I think of "military." A 0.375 caliber round is commonly used in magnum hand guns (although they're not standard issue everywhere). Think of a 0.375 magnum round. But remember that in cardiac dosing of inotropic agents, you use micrograms.
Torsemide: 10-100mg/daily. For "Torsemide" I think of "base ten" or multiples of "ten."
Just quick mnemonics. I will do more of these if they're useful
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