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A doctor administers a drug to a 33-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 55 mg/kg/day....
A doctor administers a drug to a
33-kg
patient, using a dosage formula of
55
mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a
100
mg per 5 mL suspension or in
200
mg tablets. a. How many tablets should a
33-kg
patient take every four hours?
b. The suspension with a drop factor of 10 ggt/mL delivers the drug intravenously to the patient over a twelve-hour period. What flow rate should be used in units of ggt/hr?
a. The patient should take
nothing
pills every four hours.
(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth as needed.)
b. The intravenous suspension flow should be set to
nothing
ggt/hour.
(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth as needed.)
Solutions
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