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4) CALCULATE THE FOLLOWING DRUG DOSAGES USING THE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS METHOD. FOR INJECTABLES, EXPRESS YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST TENTH, AS INDICATED. 17. Order: Antivert 25 mg p.o. daily 23. Order: Heparin 6500 units subcut 12h. Available: Antivert tablets labeled 12.5 mg. Available: 10,000 units/mL (Express answer in hundredths) 18. Order: Potassium chloride 20 mEq in 1 L of D5W. ( 5% dextrose in water) Available: Potassium chloride 30 mEq/15 ml. 24. Order: Cleocin 300 mg IV q6h. Available: Cleocin 0.6 g/4ml 19. Order: Morphine sulfate 20 mg IM stat. Available: Morphine sulfate 15mg/ml. 25. Order Trandate 300 mg p.o. b.i.d. Available: Trandate tablets labeled 150 mg 20. Order: Kefzol 0.5 g IV q6h. Available: Kefzol labeled 225 mg/ml. 26. Order: Tylenol 650 mg via nasogastric tube q4h prin for temp greater than 101.4' E Available: Tylenol Elixir 160 mg/5mL 21. Order: Capoten 18.75 mg po daily. Available: Capoten tablet scored in fourths labeled 25 mg. 27. Order: Elixophyllin Elixir 300 mg via nasogastric tube b.id Available: Elixophyllin 80mg/15ml 22. Order: Thiamine 80 mg IM stat. Available: Thiamine 100 mg/ml 28. Order: Dilantin 200mg via gastrostomy tube bid. Available: Dilantin 125 mg/SMI

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