The patient is an 86-year-old male, 6' 5 tall, weighs 240 lb, and ...

[altibaby]

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?

[1_Step_At_ATime]

Answer to Question 1

not safe

Answer to Question 2

106.2 mcg/min; 6 mL/hr

[altibaby]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jackie]

Gracias!