SOLUTION: When Ibuprofen is given for fever to children 6 months of age up to 2 years, the usual dose is 5 milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg) of body weight when the fever is under 102.5 degr

Question 1204586: When Ibuprofen is given for fever to children 6 months of age up to 2 years, the usual dose is 5 milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg) of body weight when the fever is under 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit. How much medicine would be usual dose for a 18 month old weighing 27 pounds?
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Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Basic ratio is 5 mg. of Ibuprofen to 1 kg. of body weight.

Your example asks the question for 27 POUNDS of body weight.

------milligrams of the drug to use.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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When Ibuprofen is given for fever to children 6 months of age up to 2 years, the usual dose
is 5 milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg) of body weight when the fever is under 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
How much medicine would be usual dose for a 18 month old weighing 27 pounds
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The dosage should be 5 mg per kilogram of body weight. 27 lbs. = 27*0.453592 = 12.25 kilograms (rounded). Regarding the age and the body temperature, we are in the right diapason. So, we can apply the given formula the medicine amount = 12.25 x 5 mg = 61.25 mg Ibuprofen for 27 lbs. body weight. ANSWER : 61.25 mg Ibuprofen for 27 lbs. body weight.

Solved.

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If you really are going to apply this medicine, talk with a doctor.

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