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The patient is an 86-year-old male, 6' 5 tall, weighs 240 lb, and has a creatinine clearance of 40 mL/min.
  Ordered: Timentin 2 g IV q 6h. If this is a safe dose, calculate amount to administer: ______. If it is not a
  safe dose, write: not safe.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

A patient weighs 53.1 kg. The order is to infuse 2 mcg/kg/min of a solution whose strength is 250 mg in 250 mL. Calculate dosage (in mcg/min) to the nearest tenth and flow rate (in mL/hr) to the nearest whole number.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

not safe

Answer to Question 2

106.2 mcg/min; 6 mL/hr




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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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