SOLUTION: 7.) Your patient weighs 143 lb, and you are ordered to infuse 250mg dobutamine in 500mL NS at 10mcg/kg/min. How many milligrams of dobutamine will infuse per hr? (1mg = 1000mcg)

Algebra ->  Conversion and Units of Measurement -> SOLUTION: 7.) Your patient weighs 143 lb, and you are ordered to infuse 250mg dobutamine in 500mL NS at 10mcg/kg/min. How many milligrams of dobutamine will infuse per hr? (1mg = 1000mcg)      Log On


   



Question 986998: 7.) Your patient weighs 143 lb, and you are ordered to infuse 250mg dobutamine in 500mL NS at 10mcg/kg/min. How many milligrams of dobutamine will infuse per hr? (1mg = 1000mcg)
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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143 lb = 65 kg ---> 650 mcg

650 mcg = 0.65 mg