RX: Amoxicillin 10 mg/kg PO BID x 14 days. Your patient weighs 5 kg. Formulation: 50 mg/mL. How many mLs will be administered at each dose?
Added by Eduardo M.
Step 1
Total daily dose = 10 mg/kg * 5 kg * 2 doses = 100 mg/day Show more…
Show all steps
Your feedback will help us improve your experience
Ronald Prasad and 80 other Nursing educators are ready to help you.
Ask a new question
Labs
Want to see this concept in action?
Explore this concept interactively to see how it behaves as you change inputs.
Key Concepts
Recommended Videos
A patient is prescribed 475 mg of the antibiotic erythromycin. The label on the medicine bottle reads "Erythromycin: 275 mg/5 mL." How many milliliters of the antibiotic should the patient be given?
Ronald P.
Dr. Units orders 5.00 mg/lb of Drug X to be giving to a patient every 12 hours. You have the drug in a solution that contains .9mg of the drug in every mL. Your patient weighs 72.7kg. How many mLs do you need to give this patient for the first dose.
Jennifer H.
Your patient needs 500 mg of erythromycin oral suspension. The label says erythromycin 200 mg/5 mL. How many milliliters (mL) should you give?
Chareen G.
Transcript
Watch the video solution with this free unlock.
EMAIL
PASSWORD