A physician prescribed Phenergan for a 45 pound child for preoperative medication. Phenergan is to be given as 1 mg/kg of body weight. The nurse would give ______mg preoperatively.A physician prescribed Phenergan for a 45 pound child for preoperative medication. Phenergan is to be given as 1 mg/kg of body weight. The nurse would give ______mg preoperatively.
Weight of child is 45 pounds
1 kilogram is 2.205 pounds approximately.
45 pounds = 45 / 2.205 kgs
which is 20.41 kgs approximately
Prescribed dose of Phenergan is 1 mg/ kg body weight
for 20.41 kgs child, the required dosage is 20.41 mg.
The nurse would give 20.41 mg preoperatively.
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