2.54 Solve each of the following problems using one or more conver- sion factors: a. You need 4.0 ounces of a steroid oi
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2.54 Solve each of the following problems using one or more conver- sion factors: a. You need 4.0 ounces of a steroid oi
2.54 Solve each of the following problems using one or more conver- sion factors: a. You need 4.0 ounces of a steroid ointment. If there are 16 oz in 1 lb, how many grams of ointment does the pharmacist need to prepare? b. During surgery, a patient receives 5.0 pints of plasma. How many milliliters of plasma were given? (1 quart 2 pints) c. Wine is 12% (by volume) alcohol. How many milliliters of alcohol are in a 0.750-L bottle of wine? d. Blueberry high-fiber muffins contain 51% dietary fiber. If a package with a net weight of 12 oz contains six muffins, how many grams of fiber are in each muffin? e. A jar of crunchy peanut butter contains 1.43 kg of peanut butter. If you use 8.0% of the peanut butter for a sandwich, how many ounces of peanut butter did you take out of the container? 2.55 Using conversion factors, solve each of the following clinical problems: a. You have used 250 L of distilled water for a dialysis patient. How many gallons of water is that? b. A patient needs 0.024 g of a sulfa drug. There are 8-mg tab- lets in stock. How many tablets should be given? c. The daily dose of ampicillin for the treatment of an ear infection is 115 mg/kg of body weight. What is the daily dose for a 34-lb child? 2.56 Using conversion factors, solve each of the following clinical problems: a. The physician has ordered 1.0 g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. If your stock on hand is 500-mg tablets, how many will you need for one day's treatment? b. An intramuscular medication is given at 5.00 mg/kg of body weight. What is the dose for a 180-1b patient? a c. A physician has ordered 0.50 mg of atropine, intramuscu- larly. If atropine were available as 0.10 mg/mL of solution, how many milliliters would you need to give?
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