A patient weighs 125 pounds.
a. There are 0.45 kilograms (kg) in one pound. What is the patient’s weight in kg?
b. A medicine is given so that 2 micrograms (ug) are given per kg of patient body weight How many pg of this medication will be given to the patient?
The Correct Answer and Explanation is :
Answer:
a. The patient’s weight in kilograms (kg) is 56.25 kg.
b. The amount of medication to be given is 112,500,000 picograms (pg).
Explanation:
- Conversion from Pounds to Kilograms
- The weight of the patient is given as 125 pounds.
- We know that 1 pound = 0.45 kg.
- To convert the patient’s weight to kilograms:
[
125 \times 0.45 = 56.25 \text{ kg}
]
- Calculating the Medication Dosage
- The prescribed medication dose is 2 micrograms (µg) per kg of body weight.
- The patient weighs 56.25 kg.
- The total dose in micrograms:
[
56.25 \times 2 = 112.5 \text{ µg}
] - Since 1 microgram (µg) = 1,000,000 picograms (pg), the total dose in picograms is:
[
112.5 \times 1,000,000 = 112,500,000 \text{ pg}
]
Thus, the patient will receive 112,500,000 pg of the medication.
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