The drug label on a particular drug recommends 90 – 130 mg of the drug per kilogram of body weight per day. A doctor prescribes 300 mg of the drug every 8 hours for a 25-pound child. Is the prescription within the guidelines? Work must be shown using the unit conversion equivalences from the tables in the textbook. Answers will include proper units and will be rounded to two decimal places. a. Convert 25 pounds to kilograms. b. Find the recommended amount of the drug (in mg) per day for a 25-pound child. c. Find the amount of the drug prescribed per day. d. Is the prescription within the guidelines?
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The drug label on a particular drug recommends 90 – 130 mg of the drug per kilogram of body weight per day. A doctor prescribes 300 mg of the drug every 8 hours for a 25-pound child. Is the prescription within the guidelines? Work must be shown using the unit conversion equivalences from the tables in the textbook. Answers will include proper units and will be rounded to two decimal places.
a. Convert 25 pounds to kilograms.
b. Find the recommended amount of the drug (in mg) per day for a 25-pound child.
c. Find the amount of the drug prescribed per day.
d. Is the prescription within the guidelines? (Does your answer from (c) fit within your range answer from (b)?)
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