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A patient with advanced ovarian cancer who has not received prior chemotherapy is to receive carboplatin and cyclophosphamide. Her weight is 70 kg and height is 175 cm. Calculate the carboplatin and cyclophosphamide dosages.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The adult client is 181 cm tall and weighs 174 lb. Calculate the adult's first dose.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


yifu223

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

522 mg carboplatin, 1104 mg cyclophosphamide

Answer to Question 2

7 mg


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