Basic Chemistry (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134138046
Author: Karen C. Timberlake
Publisher: PEARSON
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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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