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audie

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Order: Cipro (ciprofloxacin) 400 mg in 200 mL DW IVPB. The patient weighs 175 pounds, and is to receive 6 mg/kg/h. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL.
 
  1. 50 gtt/min
  2. 1066 gtt/min
  3. 60 gtt/min
  4. 262 gtt/min

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Order: Add 125 mg of morphine sulfate to DW 250 mL stat. and infuse at 0.005 mg/kg/min. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour for the patient who weighs 95 kilograms.
 
  1. 0.2 mL/h
  2. 28.5 mL/h
  3. 0.95 mL/h
  4. 57 mL/h


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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Global Rationale: 175  2.2 = 79.5 kg  6 = 477 mg/h.

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Global Rationale: 95  0.005 = 0.475 mg/min.


audie

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Gracias!

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Excellent

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