Welcome to your PAEDIATRICS DRUGS DOSE CALCULATIONS
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Phenergan (Promethazine) pr 12.5 mg every 6 hours as needed for nausea. Calculate the dose for a child who weighs 40 lbs and is 38 inches tall using the Nomogram Chart or Formulas. First determine the BSA for this child. _____M2
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Phenergan (Promethazine) pr 12.5 mg every 6 hours as needed for nausea. Calculate the dose for a child who weighs 40 lbs and is 38 inches tall using the Nomogram Chart or Formulas. BSA for this child. 0.71 M2
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Reglan 10 mg. Using the Nomogram method, calculate the dose for a child who weighs 22 lbs and is 32 inches tall. ________ mg.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Benedryl (Diphenhydramine) 50 mg PO every 6 hours PRN. Calculate the dose for a 4 year old child using Fried’s Rule.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Amoxicillin 250 mg. Use Fried’s rule to calculate the dose for a 1 year old child. ________ mg.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Codeine 10 mg. Use Fried’s rule to calculate the dose for a 3 year old child. ________ mg.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Ibuprofen 600 mg PO PRN pain. Use Young’s rule to calculate the dose for a 5 year old child. ________ mg
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Phenergan 25 mg IV PRN nausea. Using Young’s rule, calculate the dose for a 9 year old child. ________ mg
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Prednisone 10 mg PO tid. Using Clark’s rule, calculate the dose for a child weighing 42 lbs. ________ mg.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Benedryl 25 mg PO q 6 hr PRN itching. Using Clark’s rule, calculate the dose for a child weighing 8 lbs. ________ mg.
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A seven year old pediatric patient is admitted to hospital. The dispenser is tasked with determining what dose of the medicine prescribed by the physician. If the adult dose is 100mg and the child weighs forty kilogram, what dose should the child is administered by using young’s rule?
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A physician orders diphenhydramine 50mg oral administration every six hours PRN for pediatric patient who admitted to the hospital. Calculate the dose for a four yr old child using Fried’s rule?
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The doctor orders an adult dose of 2 million units of Penicillin G potassium per day divided into 4 doses. Calculate the dose per day for a 10 year old child using Young’s Rule.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Amoxicillin 500 mg q 8 hours. Calculate the dose for a child weighing 18 lbs using Clark’s Rule.
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The doctor orders an adult dose of Dilantin (Phenytoin) 100 mg tid. Calculate the dose for a child weighing 25 lbs using Clark’s Rule.
