Dosage Calculation

Question

Run Dobutamine at 2.5 mcg/kg/hr. Pt is 84.9kg. Available is Dobutamine 500mg/250 ml D5W. At what rate should the IV pump be set to?

Answer 1

(2.5 mcg/mg hr( X (84.9kg) X (1mg/1000mcg) X (250ml/500mg)

you can see that after multiplying, all the units will cross out and you will be left with in answer in units of ml/hr, which is the rate