SOLUTION: while in the hospital, the doctor writes an order for an antibiotic at 400mg/kg/day. Assuming that you weight 132lbs, determine how much milligrams should be given. What is the equ

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Question 1046076: while in the hospital, the doctor writes an order for an antibiotic at 400mg/kg/day. Assuming that you weight 132lbs, determine how much milligrams should be given. What is the equilvalent number of grams?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need the conversion:
1 pound = ? kgs
My research ( google ) shows:
1 pound = 0.454 kg
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From that, I get:
+132%2A.454+=+59.928+ kg
is your weight
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I can set up the ratio:
+400+%2F+x+=+1+%2F+59.928+
where the left side is mg and the right side is kg
Multiply both sides by +59.928x+
+400%2A59.928+=+x+
+x+=+23971.2+ mg should be given
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[ mg ] x [ g / 1000 mg ] = [ g ]
+23971.2%2F1000+=+23.9712+ g
is the equivalent in grams
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Hope I got it -you might want
a 2nd opinion too