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A certain medication is prescribed based on the patient’s body surface area (BSA). The literature indicates the therapeutic dose is 15 mg/m2 BSA. The patient’s BSA is 0.8 m2. The medication comes in a 1 ml prefilled syringe with a concentration of 20 mg/ml. What is the single dose (mg) for this patient?

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Description: a certain medication is prescribed based on the patients body surface area bsa the literature indicates the therapeutic dose is 15 mgm2 bsa the patients bsa is 08 m2 the medication comes in 35483

          A certain medication is prescribed based on the patient’s body surface area (BSA).  The literature indicates the therapeutic dose is 15 mg/m2 BSA.  The patient’s BSA is 0.8 m2.  The medication comes in a 1 ml prefilled syringe with a concentration of 20 mg/ml. What is the single dose (mg) for this patient?

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03/27/2024

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The therapeutic dose is given as 15 mg/m². The patient's BSA is 0.8 m². So, the dose (mg) = 15 mg/m² × 0.8 m² = 12 mg. Show more…

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A certain medication is prescribed based on the patient’s body surface area (BSA). The literature indicates the therapeutic dose is 15 mg/m2 BSA. The patient’s BSA is 0.8 m2. The medication comes in a 1 ml prefilled syringe with a concentration of 20 mg/ml. What is the single dose (mg) for this patient?