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Quiz 5, page 4 The recommended dose bt 616s 1K9 2.27 8. A 6 lb infant has an order for chloromycetin IV. The recommended dose is 25 mg/ig/12 h. 2.2 1bs 2.27 a) Infants weight in kg to the nearest hundredth. 25 mg / Calkculate the correct single dose for this infant. b) c) The physician has ordered 60 mg bid would you question this order? why or why not? 9. The drug literature recommends a dose of Robicillin VK of 30,000 units/g/day. Calculate the correct daily dose for a child weighing 5 lbs 4oz. 10. A child who weighs 64 lbs has a diagnosis of bacterial septicemia. The information on the drug label reads Tear for IM or administration 200 to 300 mg/kg/day by IV infusion in divided doses every 6 hours recommended for bacterial septicemia a) what is the child's kg weight? b) What is the child's daily dosage range? c) What is the child's single dosage range? to . - Write the correct abbreviation or terminology for the following: 1. nothing by mouth 2. without 3. susp 4. every hour S.god NPO N PO SWren iorn horusExplanation / Answer
Answer to 8:
The generic name of Chloromycetin is Chloramphenicol.
It is an antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections.
This drug should be used for serious infections when other medicines do not work.
proper dose should be given as this drug causes severe side effects.
a.
Weight of infant is 6lb. That is equal to 2.72Kg.
b.
As the recommended dose of the drug is 25mg/Kg/ 12 hours:
the dose for this infant is 25 X 2.72 = 56.75mg/Kg/ 12 hours.
c.
The dose of this drug is calculated based on the body weight.
You need not question the physician for the dose because,
though the recommended dose is 50mg/Kg/day, it may be increased up to 100mg/Kg/ day when the patient is suffering from severe infection.
But in pediatric patients, the drug concentration in blood should be monitered time to time.
Answer to 9:
The generic name of Robocillin VK is Penicillin V potassium.
The recommended dose of Robicillin VK is 30,000 units /kg/day.
Child weight is 5lb 4oz.
5lb = 2.26796 Kg
+ 4oz = 0.113398Kg
= 2.381358 Kg.
Weight of the child is 2.381358 Kg
Calculate the dose of drug for this weight.
2.381358 Kg X 30,000 Units = 71440.74
Therefore the daily dose for this child is 71440 Units
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