{"id":194985,"date":"2025-02-25T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=194985"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:42:05","slug":"a-patient-weighs-125-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/a-patient-weighs-125-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"A patient weighs 125 pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A patient weighs 125 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. There are 0.45 kilograms (kg) in one pound. What is the patient&#8217;s weight in kg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>a. The patient&#8217;s weight in kilograms (kg) is <strong>56.25 kg<\/strong>.<br>b. The amount of medication to be given is <strong>112,500,000 picograms (pg)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Conversion from Pounds to Kilograms<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The weight of the patient is given as <strong>125 pounds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We know that <strong>1 pound = 0.45 kg<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To convert the patient&#8217;s weight to kilograms:<br>[<br>125 \\times 0.45 = 56.25 \\text{ kg}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Calculating the Medication Dosage<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The prescribed medication dose is <strong>2 micrograms (\u00b5g) per kg<\/strong> of body weight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The patient weighs <strong>56.25 kg<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The total dose in micrograms:<br>[<br>56.25 \\times 2 = 112.5 \\text{ \u00b5g}<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since <strong>1 microgram (\u00b5g) = 1,000,000 picograms (pg)<\/strong>, the total dose in picograms is:<br>[<br>112.5 \\times 1,000,000 = 112,500,000 \\text{ pg}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the patient will receive <strong>112,500,000 pg<\/strong> of the medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I&#8217;ll generate an image illustrating this calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-1499.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194986\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an educational medical infographic illustrating the weight conversion and medication dosage calculation. Let me know if you need any modifications or further clarifications!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A patient weighs 125 pounds. a. There are 0.45 kilograms (kg) in one pound. What is the patient&#8217;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? 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