Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
50 mcg/1 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 0.075 mg by injection. The ampoule is labelled 50 micrograms per mL. What volume V do you draw up?

0.075 mg50 mcg/mL
V = mL
2.Easy
? × 250 mcg

The prescription is 0.75 mg of a drug. The tablets contain 250 micrograms (mcg) each. How many tablets n do you give?

0.75 mg250 mcg/tablet
n = tablets
3.Medium
20%2 mLm = ? mg

How many milligrams of drug m are in 2 mL of a 20% (w/v) solution?

20% w/v2 mL
m = 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 3100 units of a drug that comes as 5000 units/mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

3100 units5000 units/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
26 kg132 cmBSA = √(h·w/3600)175 mg/m²D = ? mg

A patient is 132 cm tall and weighs 26 kg. The prescription is 175 mg/m². Using the Mosteller formula BSA = √(height (cm) × weight (kg)/3600), find the dose D in mg.

132 cm26 kg175 mg/m²
D = mg

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 1.5 mL
  2. 2. n = 3 tablets
  3. 3. m = 400 mg
  4. 4. V = 10 mL
  5. 5. V = 0.62 mL
  6. 6. D = 170.9 mg

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