Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A child weighing 15 kg is prescribed cefuroxime 30 mg/kg/day, divided every 12 hours. The oral suspension contains 125 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 32 kg is prescribed amoxicillin 80 mg/kg/day, divided and given every 12 hours. How many milligrams D are given per dose?
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion contains 100 units of regular insulin in 100 mL. The order is 7 units/h. Find the pump rate R 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 70 units/kg for a patient who weighs 67 kg. The vial contains 5 000 units/mL. What volume V do you draw up? Round to two decimal places.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A bag contains dopamine 800 mg in 500 mL. The order is 6 mcg/kg/min for a patient who weighs 105 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 bag contains dobutamine 250 mg in 250 mL. The order is 7.5 mcg/kg/min for a patient who weighs 86 kg. At what rate R do you set the pump, in mL/h? Round to one decimal place.
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