The patient is ordered lovenox 1 mg/kg subcutaneous every 12 hours. The patient weighs 112 pounds. Lovenox is available as 50 mg/1 ml. How many ml would you administer?
a. 1 ml
b. 2.24 ml
c. 50.9 ml
d. 1.018 ml
a. 1 ml
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a. 112/2.2 = 50.9 kg; 50.9 kg × 1 mg = 50.9 mg; 50.9/50 = 1 ml
b. Did you remember to convert pounds to kilograms?
c. Remember after you convert pounds to kilograms you need to divide by 50 mg/ml.
d. You would round to the nearest tenth.
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