Question

You receive a medication order for 200 mg/m2 of chemotherapy solution over 3 minutes. Your patient has a BSA of 1.8352929. How many mg of the drug should you prepare/

a. 300
b. 368
c. 200
d. 268

Answer 1

To calculate the correct dosage of medication, multiply the dosage per square meter (200 mg/m2) by the patient's body surface area (1.8352929 m2), resulting in a dose of 368 mg of the drug.

Step-by-step explanation:

The medication order for the chemotherapy solution is 200 mg/m2. To find the total milligrams of the drug that need to be prepared for a patient with a BSA (body surface area) of 1.8352929 m2, we multiply the dosage per square meter by the patient's BSA.

Calculation:

Dosage = 200 mg/m2 × 1.8352929 m2 = 367.05858 mg

Therefore, you should prepare 368 mg of the drug (rounded to the nearest whole milligram).