College

The patient weighs 128 lb. The dosage rate ordered for a drug is 20 mg per kilogram of body weight. How many milligrams should you administer to the patient?

Use 1 kg = 2.2 lb and round your final answer to 2 decimal places if necessary.

Answer :

Solution

Step 1:

Write the given data:

Patient weighs = 128ib

Drug of 20mg per kilogram

Step 2:

'

Convert lb to kilogram.

[tex]128\text{ lb = }\frac{128}{2.2}\text{ = 58.18181818 kg}[/tex]

Step 3

Find the number of miligrams

[tex]\begin{gathered} =\text{ 20 }\times\text{ 58.18181818} \\ \\ =\text{ 1163. 64 mg} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final answer

1163.64 mg

Other Questions