Tylenol (acetaminophen) is a pain reliever and fever reducer. Children\'s Tyleno
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Tylenol (acetaminophen) is a pain reliever and fever reducer. Children's Tylenol is typically administered as a suspension liquid of 160 mg/5 mL: in other words, there is 160 mg of acetaminophen for every 5 mL of liquid. Depending on the weight of a child, a doctor will determine a reasonable dose (https: //www.tylenol.com/children-infants/safety/dosage-charts) to administer. Use the information given in the chart below to come up with a general rule of how many grams of acetaminophen to administer given the weight of a child. In other words, if you wanted to find an equation for: Amount of acetaminophen to prescribe = (k) x (weight of child) How would you go about finding the multiplier k? Your recommendation may be a range of values or a maximum value that should not be surpassed. a. Provide a U.S. (g/lb.) value for your recommendation. b. Provide a metric (g/kg) value for your recommendation. c. Provide an estimate for the volume of liquid to administer for an infant weight 8 kg. d. You are told not to exceed more than 5 doses in 24 hours. Determine the maximum amount of acetaminophen a child weighing 60 lbs. can receive in a day.Explanation / Answer
1. K can be calculated by using the formula mentioned below
=Adlut dose/150 lbs or Adult dose/70 kg.
C. A child having weight of 8 kg, the liquid to be adminstered is 120 mg and for that 3.75 ml to be given.
D. The child is having 60 lbs of weight and the not more than 5 dose to be given in 24 hrs. the dose range fall in this condition is 400 mg per day and hence in each dosing 80 mg of Acetaminofen must be adminstered.
Weight of child in lb Weight of child in kg Volume of liquid to be adminstered (ml) mg (Mass) volume(ml)/mass Acetaminofen(mg)/weight 24 10.8 5 160 0.03 14.81481 35 15.88 5 160 0.03 10.07557 36 16.33 7.5 240 0.03 14.69688 47 21.32 7.5 240 0.03 11.25704 48 21.77 10 320 0.03 14.69913 59 26.76 10 320 0.03 11.95815 60 27.22 12.5 400 0.03 14.69508 71 32.21 12.5 400 0.03 12.4185 72 32.66 15 480 0.03 14.69688 95 43.1 15 480 0.03 11.13689Related Questions
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