Balto” is a 6 year old 35 kg intact husky mix. He presents through the ER after likely being HBC (hit by car) with anisocoria and nystagmus, both signs of head trauma. The doctor instructs you to give 1 g/kg mannitol IV to decrease intracranial pressure. Mannitol is a 20 % solution. How many grams will “Balto” receive? How many mgs? How many mls?

Respuesta :

If we give 1 g/kg  of mannitol, it then follows that Balto needs to receive 35g  of  mannitol.

What is percent concentration?

Percent is one of the ways of expression the concentration of a solute in a solvent. In this case, the concentration of the mannitol is 20%. This implies that there are 20 g of mannitol in 100 g of solution.

Thus, If we give 1 g/kg  of mannitol, it then follows that Balto needs to receive 35g  of  mannitol.

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