NABP North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination NAPLEX Question # 4 Topic 1 Discussion

NABP North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination NAPLEX Question # 4 Topic 1 Discussion

NAPLEX Exam Topic 1 Question 4 Discussion:
Question #: 4
Topic #: 1

A physician needs your help to calculate the protamine dose on a patient who started hemorrhaging while on heparin. Patient has been receiving heparin at a dose of 13mls/hr for 2 hrs when the physician decides to use protamine to reverse the heparin. Heparin bag says concentration of 50 units/ml. The half-life of heparin is 60 minutes. 1 mg of protamine reverses 100 units of heparin.

How much protamine should be given to this patient?


A.

5mg


B.

10mg


C.

7mg


D.

13mg


E.

9.7mg


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