The perioperative nurse is caring for a client who requires an umbilical hernia repair but who has a known family history of mal
ignant hyperthermia. the client has been prescribed dantrolene 2.5 mg/kg iv one hour before surgery. the client weighs 121 lbs. the nurse reconstitutes a single-use vial as per the manufacture's instructions, yielding a solution with a concentration of 50 mg/ml. how many ml of the reconstituted dantrolene solution should the nurse add to the client's bag of intravenous fluid?
If the client weighs 121 lbs and the <span>dantrolene doses is 2.5 mg/kg, the amount of dantrolene needed would be: 2.5mg/kg * 121lb *0.45 kg/lb= </span>137.2mg<span>
</span>If the dantrolene put on a solution with a concentration of 50 mg/ml, the volume of dantrolene needed would be: 137.2mg/ (50mg/ml)= <span>2.744ml</span>
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