Question

Your patient gets a prescription for 62.5 mcg (micrograms, mg) of digoxin in liquid form. The label reads 0.0250 mg/mL. How many milliliters of digoxin should you give?

Answer 1

To calculate the amount of digoxin in milliliters, divide the amount of digoxin in milligrams by the concentration of the liquid form in milligrams per milliliter. In this case, the prescription is for 62.5 mcg of digoxin, and the concentration of the liquid form is 0.0250 mg/mL. The calculated volume of digoxin to be given is 2.5 mL.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the amount of digoxin in milliliters that should be given, we need to use the given information and convert units. The prescription is for 62.5 mcg (micrograms) of digoxin, and the concentration of the liquid form is 0.0250 mg/mL. To convert micrograms to milligrams, we divide by 1000. Then, we can use the formula: Volume (in mL) = Amount (in mg) / Concentration (in mg/mL).

Amount of digoxin in mg = 62.5 mcg / 1000 = 0.0625 mg

Volume of digoxin in mL = 0.0625 mg / 0.0250 mg/mL = 2.5 mL

Answer 2

2.5 militers (mL) of digoxin solution

Step-by-step explanation:

if 1 microgram = 0.001 miligram

then 62.5 micrograms = X miligrams

X = (62.5 × 0.001) / 1 = 0.0625 miligrams

the we calculate the number of militers of digoxin needed by the patient:

if we have 0.0250 miligrams of digoxin in 1 mililiter of solution

then we have 0.0625 miligrams of digoxin in X mililiters of solution

X = (0.0625 × 1) / 0.0250 = 2.5 militers (mL) of digoxin solution