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if the pediatic dosage is 200mg/kg/day

how much medication should be administrated per day to an infant who weighs 13.2 lb ? and if the medication is to be administrated three times per day,how much medication should be administered per dose?

what do you think guys??:confused::confused:

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Convert pounds to kilograms next multiply mg X KG and divide into three equal doses.

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400 mg

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The problem isn't too bad but you have to know how to convert pounds to kilograms.

1 pound=2.2 KG.

13.2 lbs/2.2=6KG

Multiply the KG by the mg

6KG X 200mg=1200mg (this is the dose for the entire day)

Final step is to divide the dose for the entire day into three equal doses

1200mg/3=400mg per dose.

Now try this one....

17.6lb infant the daily dose is 300mg/kg/day if the medication is supposed to administered 4 times daily what is the total dose for the day? How much medication should be administered per dose?

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Sorry I made an error

It's actually 1KG=2.2lbs not the other way around but the answer is still correct.

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This sounds like a homework problem to me.

Do we do their homework on this site? :chuckle

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I know right? But at the end of the day if it's just laziness and not a genuine need for help the OP is only going to hurt them self, not me.

This sounds like a homework problem to me.

Do we do their homework on this site? :chuckle

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Specializes in NICU.
This sounds like a homework problem to me.

Do we do their homework on this site? :chuckle

Yeah, it sure seems that way huh?

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yeah its really my homework..hehe by the way thanks alot miss BX....i learn from you

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wow you guys are "really nice"

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I have gotten homework help on here and appreciated it greatly. Nurses seem to know an easier way of figuring things out and explaining it. Although, I didn't use actual problems and if I did, I just asked HOW to work them. There is no harm in helping others as long as they help themselves.

MissLo

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17.6lb infant the daily dose is 300mg/kg/day if the medication is supposed to administered 4 times daily what is the total dose for the day? How much medication should be administered per dose?

2400mg/day

4 doses at 600mg each

pretty elementary calculations

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