A client is to receive 50 mg/kg of a drug PO daily. The client weighs 93 kg. The strength of the drug is 250 mg/mL. How many milliliters should the client receive?
Client weight is 93 kg and the dose is 50 mg/kg PO daily. So for 93 kg body weight, the amount of drug he has to receive equals to:
4650 mg of drug the client has to receive daily.
Now the strength of the drug is 250mg/mL
So the number of mL required to administer 4650 mg drug can be calculated as:
4650/250 = 18.6 mL
Hence 18.6 mL the client should receive.
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