Pediatric Dosage Calculations
Body surface area (BSA) is expressed as ____________________. - meters squared m2
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Determine the dose of cortisone for a 75 lb child if the adult dose is equivalent to 100 mg. - 50
mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Determine the dose of digoxin for a 50 lb child if the adult dose is equivalent to 1 mg orally, in
divided doses, over 24 hours. - 1/3 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of acetaminophen for a 3-year-old child if the adult dose normally equals 1000
mg - 200 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of chloroquine hydrochloride for a 7-year-old child if the adult dose normally
equals 600 mg orally. - 221 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of phenobarbital for an 8-month-old infant if the adult dose equals 400 mg - 21
mg
Calculate the amount of intravenous fluid to be added to the volume control chamber.
Ordered: Ancef 0.42 g IV q12h in 30 mL D5 NS over 30 min by volume control set on an infusion
controller. Flush with 15 mL.
On hand: Ancef 500 mg / 5 mL
Total IV fluid volume: __________ mL
, Flow rate: __________ mL / h
13 lb = Kg - 5.9 kg
19 lb 15 oz = Kg - 9.1 kg
25 lb = Kg - 11.4 kg
29 lb = Kg - 13.2 kg
32 lb 6 oz = Kg - 14.7 kg
55 lb 13 oz = Kg - 25.4 kg
58 lb = Kg - 26.4 kg
7 lb 4 oz = Kg - 3.3 kg
72 lb = Kg - 32.7 kg
82 lb = Kg - 37.3 kg
Add __________ mL Ancef and __________ mL D5 NS to the chamber. - 45; 90; 4.2; 30
Body surface area (BSA) is expressed as ____________________. - meters squared m2
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Determine the dose of cortisone for a 75 lb child if the adult dose is equivalent to 100 mg. - 50
mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Determine the dose of digoxin for a 50 lb child if the adult dose is equivalent to 1 mg orally, in
divided doses, over 24 hours. - 1/3 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of acetaminophen for a 3-year-old child if the adult dose normally equals 1000
mg - 200 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of chloroquine hydrochloride for a 7-year-old child if the adult dose normally
equals 600 mg orally. - 221 mg
Calculate pediatric dose by using Clark's rule, Young's rule, or Fried's rule.
Find the dose of phenobarbital for an 8-month-old infant if the adult dose equals 400 mg - 21
mg
Calculate the amount of intravenous fluid to be added to the volume control chamber.
Ordered: Ancef 0.42 g IV q12h in 30 mL D5 NS over 30 min by volume control set on an infusion
controller. Flush with 15 mL.
On hand: Ancef 500 mg / 5 mL
Total IV fluid volume: __________ mL
, Flow rate: __________ mL / h
13 lb = Kg - 5.9 kg
19 lb 15 oz = Kg - 9.1 kg
25 lb = Kg - 11.4 kg
29 lb = Kg - 13.2 kg
32 lb 6 oz = Kg - 14.7 kg
55 lb 13 oz = Kg - 25.4 kg
58 lb = Kg - 26.4 kg
7 lb 4 oz = Kg - 3.3 kg
72 lb = Kg - 32.7 kg
82 lb = Kg - 37.3 kg
Add __________ mL Ancef and __________ mL D5 NS to the chamber. - 45; 90; 4.2; 30
