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QUESTION 12 6.66667 points Save Answer A patient who weighs 55 lbs is ordered Clindamycin 45 mg/kg/day in 3 equally divided doses. How many mg will the patient receive each dose? Round the answer at the end to the nearest tenth _mg. 6.66667 points Save Answer QUESTION 13 A patient that weights 60 lbs is ordered for Gabapentin (Neurontin) 10mg/kg/day PO in three divided doses for seizures. The pharmacy provides Neurontin with a dosage strength of 250 mg/ml. How many ml, will be admini stered for each dose? Round to the nearest hundreth of a mL m L/dose.

Answer 1

Ala clindampen has weight of patient = 55 lbs - 24.948 kg (To conner lbs into kg, divide it by 2.205) undamycin 45 mg 1kg / day in 3 equally divided dose. So, Total clindamycin dose= (45.0 x 24.948) ing/day = 1, 122.66 mg/day. for three dose g 1, 122.66 ng is given So for one dose, 1122.66 mg should be there 3 ng should be. = 374.22 mg ~ 374 mg (Rounding it to the arest tenth. 374 mg will be the doug that the person reciene amount per dose. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ാാാാാാ Hence 13.) weight of patient = 60 lbs. = 27.21 (To diride/convert lbs intoka, divide it by 2.205) As per question, Gabapentil - long sharday Poin 3 divides dose. 1 dose strength of 250 mg ime was given. Total drug amount = 10 ng Ing/day x 2702155 kg (As 1kg requires 10 mg/day) = 2.72155 kg 1 day As question tells, 3 divided dose so, per dose the amount of drug = 2.72155 - 0.90718 3333 = .90 on 1 ml contains 250 mg given Now, to a so, or go me contains og = I ml = 0:0036 tis. 250 16 3 500W-