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Ordered: Heparin 50 units/kg/dose subcutaneous daily. The patient weighs 112 kg. Heparin is supplied in a...

Ordered: Heparin 50 units/kg/dose subcutaneous daily. The patient weighs 112 kg. Heparin is supplied in a vial that reads 5,000 units/ml. How many mL/dose will you administer? (Round to the nearest hundredth at the end of your work)

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ordered dose Heparin 50 units/kg/dose subcutaneous daily.

the patient weighs 112 kg.

so, require dose for the patient is 5,600 units

50units/kg x 112kg = 5600units/dose

Heparin is supplied in a vial that reads 5,000 units/ml.

If you use a normal syringe then you need to administer 1.16ml/dose.

Answer - 1 ml per dose

If you use a (1ml/100unit) syringe then you need 112 units in the syringe

5000 units/ml = 100units/ml = 50

5600 units/ml = 50units/unit = 112units

If you use a 1ml/40units syringe then you need 140 units

5000 units/ml = 40units/ml = 125

5600 units/ml = 125units/unit = 140 units

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