A doctor administers a drug to a 33-kg ?patient, using a dosage formula of 55 ?mg/kg/day. Assume that the...

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A doctor administers a drug to a

33-kg

?patient, using a dosage formula of

55

?mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a

100

mg per 5 mL suspension or in

200

mg tablets. a. How many tablets should a

33-kg

patient take every four? hours?

b. The suspension with a drop factor of 10? ggt/mL delivers thedrug intravenously to the patient over a? twelve-hour period. Whatflow 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 hundredthas? needed.)

b. The intravenous suspension flow should be set to

nothing

?ggt/hour.

?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredthas? needed.)

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