Question

5. While still in the hospital, the doctor writes an order for an antibiotic at 300mg/kg daily. You are nervous now because the nurse was wrong before. If you weigh 123 lb, determine how many milligrams you should be given.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 16737 mg

Explanation:

The first step to solve this problem is to convert the weight to kilograms because the dosage of the antibiotic is given in milligrams per kilo. This can be done by multiplying the pounds by 0.453 considering each pound is equal to 0.453 kilos. The process is shown below:

123 lb x 0.453 = 55.791 kg

Now, simply multiply the kilos by the recommended dose:

55.791 kg x 300 mg/kg = 16737 mg

Also, this can be converted to grams by dividing the number into 1000 (1000 mg = 1 g)

16737mg ÷ 1000 =  16.737 grames