Pediatric & critical-care dosing worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child weighing 23 kg is prescribed azithromycin 10 mg/kg/day, divided and given every 24 hours. How many milligrams D are given per dose?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child weighing 7 kg is prescribed amoxicillin 90 mg/kg/day, divided and given every 8 hours. How many milligrams D are given per dose?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A bag contains 25 000 units of heparin in 250 mL. The order is 12 units/kg/h for a patient who weighs 61 kg. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to one decimal place.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice protocol calls for a heparin bolus of 80 units/kg for a patient who weighs 76 kg. The vial contains 1 000 units/mL. What volume V do you draw up? Round to one decimal place.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A dobutamine infusion of 500 mg in 250 mL runs at 15 mL/h. The patient weighs 56 kg. What dose D in mcg/kg/min is the patient receiving? Round to one decimal place.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient who weighs 98 kg has an order for nitroglycerin at 15 mcg/min. The bag contains 50 mg in 250 mL. Find the pump rate R in mL/h. Round to one decimal place.