Question

The recommended dose of a drug is 25 mg/kg/day. for a child who weighs 80 lb, what would be an appropriate order if the strength of the drug is 60 mg/5 ml?

Answer 1

To determine an appropriate order of the drug, convert the weight from pounds to kilograms, calculate the daily dose, and find out how many milliliters of the drug contain the calculated dose.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate an appropriate order of a drug, we need to convert the weight of the child from pounds to kilograms. There are 2.2 pounds in 1 kilogram, so 80 pounds is approximately 36.36 kilograms. The recommended dose of the drug is 25 mg/kg/day, so for a child weighing 36.36 kg, the daily dose would be 909 mg. However, the strength of the drug is 60 mg/5 ml. To determine the appropriate order, we need to find out how many milliliters of the drug contain 909 mg. We can set up a proportion:

60 mg / 5 ml = 909 mg / x ml

Cross-multiplying, we get:

60x = 5 * 909

Dividing both sides by 60, we find that x is approximately 75.75 ml. Therefore, an appropriate order of the drug would be 75.75 ml.