A doctor administers a drug to a
33-kg
?patient, using a dosage formula of
55
?mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a
100
mg per 5 mL suspension or in
200
mg tablets. a. How many tablets should a
33-kg
patient take every four? hours?
b. The suspension with a drop factor of 10? ggt/mL delivers thedrug intravenously to the patient over a? twelve-hour period. Whatflow rate should be used in units of? ggt/hr?
a. The patient should take
nothing
pills every four hours.
?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredthas? needed.)
b. The intravenous suspension flow should be set to
nothing
?ggt/hour.
?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredthas? needed.)
