has been admitted onto your hospital ward. The doctor has prescribed him an intravenous infusion of drug X at a dose of 15 mg/kg. Drug X injections are available on the ward as 75 mg/ mL vials and the concentration of the infusion should be drug X 25 mg/mL in sodium chloride 0.9% w/v solution. What volume in millilitres of sodium chloride 0.9% w/v solution will be required to produce the infusion? (Give your answer to the nearest whole number) unit -ml

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7) A 35-year-old man weighing 75 kg has been admitted onto your hospital ward.
The doctor has prescribed him an intravenous infusion of drug X at a dose of 15
mg/kg. Drug X injections are available on the ward as 75 mg/ mL vials and the
concentration of the infusion should be drug X 25 mg/mL in sodium chloride 0.9%
w/v solution.
What volume in millilitres of sodium chloride 0.9% w/v solution will be required
to produce the infusion? (Give your answer to the nearest whole number)
unit -ml

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