Question

Anna is 100 lb and will be infused with 125 mg dobutamine in 500 ml NS at 10 mcg/kg/min. How many milligrams of dobutamine will she receives/ hour? Your answer is in mg/h.

Answer 1

27.216 mg/h.

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to convert 100 lb to kg, and there are 45.36 kg, she will receive 10 mcg/kg/min so if you multiply it by 45.36 kg, she will receive 453.6 mcg/min, so in one hour (60 minutes) she will receive 27216 mcg/h, 1000 mcg are 1 mg, so she will receive 27.216 mg/h.