Dosage Calculation PLEASE HELP

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Can someone please explain to me how to set this problem up?

4g of Magnesium Sulfide in 250 cc of D5W has been ordered for IV infusion at a rate of 34mg/min. At how many microdrops/min should you infuse the IV using a solution administration set that delivers 60 microdrops/cc?

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Here's how I think it is set up. Someone correct me if I am wrong:

250 cc/4G x 1G/1000 mg x 34 mg/1 min x 60 gtts/1 cc

cc, G, and mg cancel out, leaving you with 12.75 gtts/min.

Is that right? Anyone?

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You have it set up the same as me, but I got 128 gtt/min.

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you're right! I am using this awkward calculator on the computer, and must have missed the decimal somehow... that's a med error;)

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Thanks for your help! I was a little rusty :)

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