Anyone a MATH wizz???

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Ok I'm studying and I need helpppp!!

Can anyone show me how to work this out? I've gone over it and over it..

You have Dobutamine 1GM in 250 mls.

What is the concentration of mcq to mls?

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Ok I'm studying and I need helpppp!!

Can anyone show me how to work this out? I've gone over it and over it..

You have Dobutamine 1GM in 250 mls.

What is the concentration of mcq to mls?

There are 1000 mcg in 1mg

Dobutamine 1gram = 1000 x 100 = 100,000 mcg

Dobutamine 100,000 mcg in 250 mls

Dobutamine 100,000 mcg in 250 mls Now divide both mcg & mls by 250 to simplify=

Dobutamine 400mcg in 1 ml

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Specializes in L&D.

You guys ROCK!!!!

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uh oh - we have 2 different answers :(

Let me double check my brain

I redid the math - if this doesnt make sense, someone come over and knock me upside the head with a bedpan

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I guess we've mixed up some decimal points, huh?!?!

hehehe:chuckle

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It is easy to jumble our brain cells when we have too many zeros and decimals!!!

I just noticed you are in Rochester - I grew up in Osseo - near MPLS !!!

Too cold for me!! I am a southern girl now!!!

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Specializes in L&D.

ahhh ok. So ladies..did you work it out? LOL

I'll tell you what. I hate math so I envy you being able to even Attempt to work it out.:chuckle

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I just noticed you are in Rochester - I grew up in Osseo - near MPLS !!!

Too cold for me!! I am a southern girl now!!!

That's really funny you say that you're from here... I am actually from New Orleans and just moved up here. Working at Mayo...

That town sounds familar but I'm still not sure about the area. How far away is Osseo?

So I guess we traded places :)

Anyway... still not sure about this problem...

I keep getting the 4000 mcg/ml

Oh well... sorry about the decimal confusion!

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Osseo is just a little north of MPLS.

I have lived in Virginia for about 20 years now -

I love the heat and the summers here - and the mild winters.

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

it's 4000!!!

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

ITA - 4000 mcg per ml concentration.

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The first line:

Dobutamine, 1 gram= 1000 x 100 = 100,000 mcg

should read:

Dobutamine, 1 gram= 1000 x 1000 = 1,000,000 mcg

That's why the correct answer is 4000, not 400. (I always like to know what went wrong.)

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