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The physician ordered Adagen 10 Units/kg IM now. You have available 1.5 ml single use vials of Adagen 250 Units per ml. The clients weights 143lbs. How many ml should you give?
The ordered dose =10units/kg
Available dose =250units /ml
Weight=143Ibs
First we want to find out patient body weight in kg,
So 1kg=2.2Ibs
143Ibs=143÷2.2=65kg
Then find out total required unit
1kg=10 units
65kg need 65×10=650units
Then find out the total amount of fluid using proportion method
250units/1ml=650units/xml
250x=650
x=650/250=2.6ml
So we should administer total 2.6ml of drugs which contain 650units of drug.