document.write( "Question 22845: Hello, My name is Tim Hunt.\r
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document.write( "I need help with some problems, Please help me.\r
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document.write( "1. A 10 ml vial contains 40 mg of a drug. How many mcg would be administered by injection of 2 ml of the drug?\r
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document.write( "2. many milliliters of a liquid laxative should be dispensed if the dose prescribed is for 1 tablespoonful qid for 3 days?\r
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document.write( "3. . If the flow rate for normal saline (NS) is 30 drops per minute over 6 hours, how many milliliters of NS would the patient receive (assuming 18 gtts/ml)?\r
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document.write( "PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #11227 by Earlsdon(6294)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1) \n" ); document.write( " Use a proportion to find the number of mg, then convert to mcg. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Convert to micrograms: 1 mg = 1,000 mcg\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2)1 tablespoonful qid (four times a day) for 3 days (4 X 3) = 12 tablespoonsful. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 Tablespoonful = 15 ml approximately. Perhaps your PDR has the exact conversion factor for this but I think it's more like 14.7868 ml per tbsp.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "12 tbsp = 180 ml approximately. \n" ); document.write( "12 tbsp = 177.4412 ml more precisely.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3) Flow rate of 30 drops per minute over 6 hours (30 drops/min)(60 min/hr)(6 hrs) = 10,800 drops at 18 gtts/ml (18 drops/ml) = 600 ml. \n" ); document.write( " |