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Math question

I hope someone out there in nursing land can help me understand this math problem from a dosage calculation book I'm working with

A package insert reads as follows:

"Reconstitue as follows: An initial concentrate of 5mg amphotericn B per mL is first prepared by expressing 10mL Sterile Water for injection.......The infusion solution, providing 0.1mg amphotericin B per ML, is then obtained by further dilution (1:50) with 5% Dextrose injection."

Now I understand that for the initial concertration 10mL of sterile water is added. What I don't get is that the book says " to further dilute the solution containing 5mg/mL to 0.1 mg/mL, by adding 1 mL (5mg) of solution to 49 mL of 5% Dextrose and Water Injection for a 1:50 dilution". How was that 49 mL of 5% Dextrose and Water derived? Where did the book get 49 mL from? How was 49 mL arrived at? It must have something to do with (1:50) but I'm not getting it.

Please explain someone.

Mahalo.

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1. Ignore everything in the first bit - we know we have 5mg per mL of amphotericin B.

2.You want 0.1mg per mL. 5mg divided by 50mL gives you 0.1mg/mL. Thus you add 1mL (5mg) to 49mL to make up your 50mL solution, thus giving you your 0.1mg/mL solution.

Hope that helps. Damn confusing way of them to explain it though...

What Dar said!

They are using a 50cc bag. You remove one milliliter of the D5W before you injected your milliliter of 5mg/ml solution. IF you DONT you would have 51cc.

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Thanks guys for your response, what a great site.

Let me cogitate a bit on your answers, I do appreciate your help.

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I have cogitated on your answers, gar15 and leslymil, they now make perfect sense,

thank you.

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