Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child weighing 12 kg is prescribed clindamycin 24 mg/kg/day, divided every 8 hours. The oral suspension contains 75 mg in 5 mL. What volume V do you give per dose? Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child weighing 9 kg is prescribed amoxicillin 50 mg/kg/day, divided every 12 hours. The oral suspension contains 250 mg in 5 mL. What volume V do you give per dose? Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice protocol calls for a heparin bolus of 70 units/kg for a patient who weighs 77 kg. The vial contains 5 000 units/mL. What volume V do you draw up? Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice protocol calls for a heparin bolus of 70 units/kg for a patient who weighs 63 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 patient who weighs 79 kg has an order for norepinephrine at 12 mcg/min. The bag contains 4 mg in 250 mL. Find the pump rate R in mL/h. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A bag contains dobutamine 500 mg in 250 mL. The order is 12.5 mcg/kg/min for a patient who weighs 101 kg. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to one decimal place.
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