Medical Math: Part II

How many mL of a drug with a concentration of 100mg/mL should be administered to a 75-lb dog at a dose of 1 mg/lb?

• 75 mL

• 100 mL

• 0.75 mL

• 0.34 mL

The Doctor asks you to administer 5 g of 25% mannitol to a patient. How many mL do you give

• 5 mL

• 20 mL

• 40 mL

• 25 mL

A commercial dog food is 420 kcal/cup. A dog weighing 60lb fed at a rate of 70 kcal/lb/day should be fed how many cups at each meal if he is fed twice daily?

• 5 cups

• 10 cups

• 2 cups

• 1 cup

A cockatiel needs 100 mg/kg piperacillin via intramuscular injection. If the bird weighs 80 g, and the concentration of peperacillin is 100mg/mL, how many mL should be administered?

• 0.08 mL

• 0.8 mL

• 80 mL

• 1.6 mL

How many mL of a 50% dextrose solution are needed to make 1000 mL of a 5% dextrose solution?

• 1 mL

• 10 mL

• 50 mL

• 100 mL

The doctor asks you to start a fentanyl constant rate infusion (CRI) at 3mcg/kg/hr in a 50-kg dog. The fentanyl you have available in the hospital is 50 mcg/mL. What will the rate per hour be?

• 1 mL/hr

• 3 mL/hr

• 5 mL/hr

• 50 mL/hr

To make a solution with a concentration of 15mg/mL, how many mL of sterile water should be added to 30 g of powdered drug?

• 5 mL

• 200 mL

• 150 mL

• 2000 mL

How many tablets would you dispense for a 30-day supply of a drug with a dose of one and one-half tablets three times daily?

• 500 tablets

• 45 tablets

• 135 tablets

• 90 tablets

You give 5 mg of a drug to a 10-kg animal. What is the dose of the drug in mg/kg?

• 2 mg/kg

• 10 mg/kg

• 0.5 mg/kg

• 50 mg/kg

A bird that weighs 50 g requires a particular drug at 4 mg/kg divided twice daily. What is the morning dose?

• 1 mg

• 4 mg

• 0.1 mg

• 100 mg