Question

A premature newborn weighing 1950 grams has an order to receive 25 ml fortified human breast milk by gavage tube every 3 hours. Fortified breast milk contains 24 kcal/oz. How many ounces will this baby receive each day?

Answer 1

Answer:

6.76 ounces daily.

Explanation:

There are 0.0338 ounces in 1 ml of the fluid.

So the calculation is as follows.

Ounces in 1 ml of fortified human breast milk = 0.0338

The amount in ml of fortified human breast milk recieved by a premature newborn every 3 hour = 25 ml

Total hours in one day = 24

The amount in ml of fortified human breast milk recieved by a premature newborn every day = 8 * 25 = 200 ml

(As 3 hrs is multiplied by 8 to make it 24 hrs (a day))

The amount in ounces of fortified human breast milk recieved by a premature newborn every day = 200 ml * 0.0338 = 6.76 ounces.

(As 1 ml contains 0.0338 ounces)

Hence the baby will recieve 6.76 ounces of milk each day.