Calculate the Following Dosages Based on Kilogram of Body Weight

question 7

Short Answer

Calculate the following dosages based on kilogram of body weight.Round weights and answers to the nearest whole number.
-The physician has ordered a medication to be given 8 mg/kg twice daily.The child weighs 36 lb.How much will be given per day?

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Definitions:

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of observations that are collected from populations which do not overlap, important in statistical testing for comparing means.

Leptokurtic

Refers to a distribution that is more peaked than a normal distribution, indicating a higher level of outliers.

Platykurtic

Describes a statistical distribution with a lower kurtosis than the normal distribution, indicating a flatter shape.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the extent to which a set of scores vary on either side of their mean value. The square root of variance. See also standard error.