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This Question: 1 pt 1 of 7 (0 complete) Order. Add 100 mg of a drug to D5W 250 mL stat and infuse at 0.01 mg/kg/min. Calculat

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Order is 100 mg/250 ml.

So, mg/mL = 0.4 mg/mL.

Infusion rate is 0.01 mg/kg/min.

Patient weighs 90 kgs.

So, mg/min = 90 x 0.01 =0.9 mg/min.

Ml/min = 0.9 mg x 1 ml/ 0.4mg = 2. 25 ml/min.

Ml/hr = 2. 25 x 60 = 135 ml/hr.

The correct answer is option D that is 135 ml/hr

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