Question

The daily dose of ampicillin is 115mg/kg of body weight. If you give 1.525g of ampicillin to a patient, what is the patient’s weight in pounds?

Answer 1

The daily dose of ampicillin is 115mg/kg of body weight. If you give 1.525g of ampicillin to a patient, what is the patient’s weight in pounds?
Answer:
115 mg/kg = 0.115 g/kg therefore 1.525 / 0.115 = 13.261 kg
1 kg = 2.2046 pounds
13.261 x 2.2046 = 29.2352 pounds