A 50 year old female patient weighing 62.5 kg has been admitted onto the hospital ward. She has been prescribed infliximab at a dose of 4 micrograms/kg/min to be given intravenously over an hour. Infliximab is available as a 3mg/mL solution and should be administered as a 30mg/100ml infusion. How many millilitres of 0.9% w/v sodium chloride is required to produce the infusion?
A 50 year old female patient weighing 62.5 kg has been admitted onto the hospital ward. She has been prescribed infliximab at a dose of 4 micrograms/kg/min to be given intravenously over an hour. Infliximab is available as a 3mg/mL solution and should be administered as a 30mg/100ml infusion. How many millilitres of 0.9% w/v sodium chloride is required to produce the infusion?
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A 50 year old female patient weighing 62.5 kg has been admitted onto the hospital ward. She has been prescribed infliximab at a dose of 4 micrograms/kg/min to be given intravenously over an hour. Infliximab is available as a 3mg/mL solution and should be administered as a 30mg/100ml infusion.
How many millilitres of 0.9% w/v sodium chloride is required to produce the infusion?
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