While still in the hospital, the doctor writes an order for an antibiotic at 400mg / kg/day. You are nervous now because the nur

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While still in the hospital, the doctor writes an order for an antibiotic at 400mg / kg/day. You are nervous now because the nur

se was wrong before. Assuming that you weigh 132 lb, determine how many milligrams should you be given. What is the equivalent number of grams? ( Hint: 1000mg = 1 g and mg / kg / day = mg/ kg × day)
I don't even need the answer, I just need to know that I'll be setting it up correctly.
Thanks

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kiruha [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-19T13:16:29+03:00

kiruha [24]3 years ago

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132 lbs = approximately 60 kg.
400 mg * 60 = 24000 mg = 24 g.

That is if you should have 400 mg of antibiotics/kg of body mass.