Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
100 mg/1 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 0.4 g of a drug intravenously. The reconstituted vial contains 100 mg per mL. What volume V do you draw up?

0.4 g100 mg/mL
V = mL
2.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 240 mg. The stock solution contains 250 mg in 5 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

240 mg250 mg/5 mL
V = mL
3.Medium
50 kgBSA = 1.3 m²175 mg/m²D = ? mg

A patient weighing 50 kg has a body surface area of 1.3 m². The prescription is 175 mg/m². Find the dose D in mg.

50 kgBSA = 1.3 m²175 mg/m²
D = mg
4.Medium
1:10 000ampouleV = ? mL

A prefilled syringe of epinephrine (adrenaline) is labelled 1:10 000 (0.1 mg/mL). The prescription is 1 mg IV in cardiac arrest. What volume V do you give?

1:10 0001 mg
V = mL
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 440 units of a drug that comes as 1000 units/mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

440 units1000 units/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
100 mg/5 mLV = ? mL

A child weighing 14 kg is prescribed 15 mg/kg per dose of an oral suspension that contains 100 mg in 5 mL. What volume V do you give?

14 kg15 mg/kg100 mg/5 mL
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 4 mL
  2. 2. V = 4.8 mL
  3. 3. D = 227.5 mg
  4. 4. V = 10 mL
  5. 5. V = 0.44 mL
  6. 6. V = 10.5 mL

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