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Order: digoxin (Lanoxin), PO, 62.5 mcg, daily Available: Lanoxin 0.125-mg tablets How many mg will the patient receive per day?
 
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Order: 1000 mL of lactated Ringer's (LR) solution to be administered in 6 hours Available: 1 L LR Macrodrip set labeled 10 gtt/mL a. How many mL of LR will be infused in 1 hour? b. How many drops per minute (gtt/min) will the patient receive?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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0.0625

Answer to Question 2

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a. 167 (1000 mL  6 = 166.6 = 167 mL)
b. 28 (167  10 gtt  60 min = 27.8 or 28 gtt/min)


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