A Physician orders Dobutamine HCl IV infusion at 5 mcg/kg/min. Dobutamine HCl is available as 500 mg in
250 mL of D5W. The patient weighs 68 kg. Calculate the infusion rate in mL/hr.

LN is 84 YOM who is in hospital for a back surgery. His height is 5 feet and 4 inches, weight 85 kg and NKDA.
His past medical history includes hypertension, diabetes mellitus, major depression, hypothyroidism and chronic back pain. Post-op day 1, LN's medication includes Dexamethasone 8mg iv q6h with taper dosing, Ondansetron 4mg iv q6h prn for N/V, Levothyroxine 0.075mg po daily, Lisinopril 10mg po daily, Citalopram
20mg po daily, Docusate sodium / Senna 1 tab po twice a day, Bisacodyl 10mg suppository daily prn for constipation, Famotidine 20mg iv q12hr, Metoclopramide 10mg iv q6h, Metformin 500mg po bid, D51/2NS with
20K at 125mls/hour and Hydromorphone PCA at 0.2mg/hour of basal rate, demand dose 0.1mg. lock-out every
6min, one hour limit 2.2mg/hour. Pertinent morning labs includes serum creatinine 1.4mg/dl, Mg 1.5mg/dl, K
5.0mmol/L, Na 135mmol/L. The bioavailability of levothyroxine is roughly 50%.
The physician requests you for a dose recommendation to convert her home dose of 75mcg po daily to intravenous.
What would be the appropriate intravenous dose?

What is the mEq/ml (Milliequivalents) of 50% Magnesium Sulfate? (Molecular weight of MgSO4 is
120.4g/mol.)

Alteplase is ordered for a 72 YOM who weighs 68kg for Ischemic stroke. The ER physician would like you to dose. As an ER pharmacist you know the dose is 0.9 mg/kg IV (not to exceed 90 mg); give 10% of the total dose as an IV bolus over 1 minute, then give the remaining 90% as an IV infusion over 60 minutes. After reconstitution, the concentration of Altaplace is 1mg/ml. How many ml is needed for the bolus and how many ml is needed for the infusion? Round to the nearest ml.

Which of the following would be most appropriate to treat infections associated with stenotrophomonas maltophilia?