Question

A pediatrician prescribes the antibiotic amoxicillin to treat a child suffering from an ear infection. the prescribed dose is to be 73.1 mg of drug per kilogram patient body mass per day. The drug is the be administered twice each day in the form of a liquid containing 125.0 mg amoxicillin per milliliter. If the child weighs 33.01 pounds, how many milliliters of the liquid should be administered in each dose?
Answer in milliliters, please.

Answer 1

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1 Required dose is 73.1 mg per kg per day. The patient is 33.01 pounds weight 1 kg = 2.205 pounds so - kg = 33.01 pounds = 1 kg x 33.01 pounds 20205 pounds 27 ny Then 73.1 mg per 1 kg so ng per 14.97 kg 734 mg x 14.97 kg e 1094.34 mg per day. Ikg But daily two times so per time 1094.34 mg = 547.17 mg . 547017 mg of medicine is required per dose. Now given Medicine is 125.0 mg in 1 mL so 547. 17 mg in - mL 547.17 ong x 1 mL 125.0 mg = 4.37 ml . Answer is 14.37 mL of liquid should be administered in each dose