need help ASAP with MA math please

[Elsy]

How do I work out this?
Order: Gentamicin Sulfate 3 mg/kg/24hr I'm in 3 divided doses to an adult weighing 77 kg. Label: Gentamicin Sulfate 40mg/ml.
How many ml should be administered per dose?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

How do I work out this?
Order: Gentamicin Sulfate 3 mg/kg/24hr I'm in 3 divided doses to an adult weighing 77 kg. Label: Gentamicin Sulfate 40mg/ml.
How many ml should be administered per dose?

Are you supposed to administer 3 doses in 24 hour (8 hours apart)? Are you trying to find the amount of solution required per dosage?

Please show us your work, indicating exactly where you are stuck - so that we may know where to begin to help you.

 

[Denis]

Perhaps you could contact the nearest pharmacy...