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A female patient was admitted to the hospital with the following diagnoses: Rt. side congestive heart failure (CHF) chronic hypertension, ventricular arrhythmia. Her orders include the following:

Digoxin 0.5 po mg 12 noon, 6 pm, 12 midnight po 7/8/01
Digoxin 0.25 mg po daily beginning at 10 am 7/9/01
Cardura 4 po mg at hs
Inderal 20 mg po tid
Multivitamin 1 po qd
Lasix 20 mg po qd
Low-fat, low-sodium ADA diet, 1500 calories
K-lor 20 mEq po per day
Isordil 10 mg sl qd
Fluids 240 mL po q4h

1 . How many milligrams of digoxin did the patient receive on 7/8/01?

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2 . How many grams of digoxin are contained in a tablet labeled 0.25 mg?

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3 . Cardura tablets are available in 1, 2, 4, and 8 mg tablets. If 2 mg tablets were available, how many tablets would you administer to the patient?

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4 . Digoxin is available in 0.125 mg tablets. How many tablets would you administer to the patient at 10 a.m. on 7/9/01?

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5 . Inderal is available in 0.02 g tablets. How many tablets will you administer to the patient in a 24-hour period?

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6 . How many milliliters of fluid will the patient receive per day? How many liters of fluid will she receive in 7 days?

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7 . Isordil sl indicates that the medication will be administered.

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8 . If each 10 mEq of K-lor contains 750 mg, how many grams of K-lor will Mrs. Lindor receive in one day?

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9 . If the drug Inderal is to be administered TID, q8h, and her Cardura will be given at 10 pm, at what other times would you administer the Inderal so she receives both her Inderal and Cardura at 10 pm?

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