Calculate the Dosage

question 18

Short Answer

Calculate the dosage.Round answers to the nearest tenth;separate answers with a comma followed by a space.
Order: Meperidine (Demerol)65 mg and promethazine 25 mg IM q4h prn for pain Available: Meperidine 75 mg per mL and promethazine 50 mg per mL
Administer ________ mL of meperidine and ________ mL promethazine.

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Definitions:

Enzymatically Catalyzed

A process facilitated by enzymes to speed up chemical reactions in biological systems.

Inversely Proportional

A relationship between two variables where as one variable increases, the other decreases at a consistent rate, and vice versa.

Enzyme Concentration

The amount of enzyme present in a solution, which affects the rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.

Energy Of Activation

The minimum amount of energy that reacting species must have in order to undergo a specified reaction.