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Chapter 2.6, Problem 2.72QAP
Using conversion factors, solve each of me following clinical problems:
- The physician has ordered 1.0 g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. If your stock on hand is 500-mg tablets, how many will you need for one day’s treatment?
- An Intramuscular medication is given at 5.00 mg/kg of body Weight. What is the dose for a 180-lb Patient?
- A physician has ordered 0 50 mg of atropine, intramuscularly If atropine were available as 0.10 mg/mL of solution, how many millilitres would you need to give?
- During surgery. a patient receives 50 pt of plasma. How many millilitres of plasma were given?
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Using conversion factors, solve the following clinical problems.
(a) The physician has ordered 2.5 g of tetracycline to be given every 4 hours to a patient. If your stock on hand is 500.0 mg tablets, how many will you need for 1 day's treatment? (b) An intramuscular medication is given at 4.60 mg/kg of body weight. If you give 405 mg of medication to a patient, what is the patient's weight in pounds? (c) A physician has ordered 305 mg of atropine, intramuscularly. If atropine were available as 0.50 g/mL of solution, how many milliliters would you need to give?
Using conversion factors solve each of the following clinical problems
a) The physician has order 1.0g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. If each pill contains 500mg tablets, how many would you need for a day’s treatment?
b) an intramuscular medication is given at 5.00mg/Kg of body weight. What is the does if the patient weights 180lb
c) a physician has order 0.50mg of atropine, intramuscularly. If atropine is available as 0.1mg/mL of solution, how many Ml would you need to give?
how many 75.0 mg tablets should someone weight 148.2 Ibs take if the recommended dosage of medication is 4.50 mg per kg body weight ? show work using conversion factors .
1kg = 2.20lbs
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Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText - Standalone Access Card - for Basic Chemistry (5th Edition)
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