document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1125010>Question 1125010</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A doctor administers a drug to a 31-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 47 mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 mL suspension or in 400 mg tablets. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How many tablets should a 31-kg patient take every four hours?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. The suspension with a drop factor of 10 ggt/mL delivers the drug intravenously to the patient over a twelve-hour period. What flow rate should be used in units of ggt/hr?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answers are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. The patient should take 0.61 pills every 4 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. The intravenous suspension flow should be set to 30.35 ggt/hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone help me figure out how to get these answers written out :)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #741334 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=741334\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 31 kg*47mg/kg=1457 mg a day\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 times a day (every 4 hours) is 242.8 mg each time, and 242.8/400 is 0.607 or 0.61 pills every 4 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Over a 12 hour period, a patient should take 728.5 mg, half the above dose.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 60.7 mg an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is 3/5 of 100 mg , so therefore 3 ml an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But each ml has 10 ggt, so this would be 30 drops an hour (a little more since it was 60.7 mg and not 60). </SPAN>\n" );
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