Adoctor administers a drug to a 38-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 50 mg/kg/day. assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 ml suspension or in 500 mg tablets. a. how many tablets should a 38-kg patient take every four hours? b. the suspension with a drop factor of 10 ggt/ml delivers the drug intravenously to the patient over a twelve-hour period. what flow rate should be used in units of ggt/hr? a. the patient should take nothing pills every four hours. (type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth as needed.)

a. 0.63 tablet in every four hours.

b. 79 drops per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

A doctor administers a drug to 38-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 50 mg/kg/day.

a. Per day requirement of drug for 38 kg patient = 50 × 38 = 1900 mg per day.

Now we will calculate the drug required in every four hours by unitary method.

∵ The drug was required by the patient in 24 hours = 1900 mg

∴ The drug required in 1 hour  =

∴  The required in 4 hours =

Since size of the tablet is 500 mg therefore tablets for the dose of 316.67 mg will be=0.63 tablet in every four hours.

b. Since 100 mg drug is available in 5 ml. Therefore 1900 mg drug will be available in

Now 95 ml drug is to be given to the patient with a factor of 10 ggt/ml over a period of 12 hours. So flow rate will be =

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