EBK BASIC CHEMISTRY
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Author: Timberlake
Publisher: PEARSON CO
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Chapter 2.6, Problem 66PP
Using conversion factors, solve each of the following problems:
a. The physician has ordered 1.0 g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. 1f your stock on hand is 500-mg tablets, how many will you need for one day’s treatment?
b. An intramuscular medication is given at 500 mg/kg of body mass. What is the dose for a 180-lb patient?
c. A physician has ordered 0.50 mg of atropine, intramuscularly. If atropine were available as 0.10 mg/mL of solution, how many milliliters would you need to give?
d. During surgery. a patient receives 5.0 pt of plasma. How many milliliters of plasma were given?
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