Practice problems
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| 1 | The recommended dose of a drug is 8.5 ml/kg. How many tablespoonful’s will a patient weighing 160 lb need? (Round down if necessary) | ||||||||||
| 2 | The pediatric dose for ampicillin is 300 mg/kg/day. How many ml of an injection containing 2000 mg/ 20 ml should be administered to a child weighing 24.5 kg? | ||||||||||
| 3 | CR, is a female patient who weighs 71 kg and is 174 cm tall. She is being treated with digoxin. The dose of digoxin is based on IBW. What is the patient dose in μg , if digoxin dose is 37 μg/kg? | ||||||||||
| 4 | The pediatric dose of a drug is 250 mg/m2. Using the nomogram method, calculate the dose for a child weighing 38 kg and measuring 36 cm. | ||||||||||
| 5 | If the adult dose of a drug is 150 mg/m2, using the Mostellar equation, calculated the dose for a patient weighing 149 lb and measuring 5' 9" | ||||||||||
| 6 | The recommended adult dose of a drug is 100 mg/day. What should be the dose for a patient with BSA of 1.7 m2? | ||||||||||
| 7 | Using the nomogram method, calculate the dose of doxurubin 190 mg/m2 for a patient who weighs 98 kg and is 120 cm tall. | ||||||||||
| 8 |
A
77 year
old female patient is prescribed an antiarrhythmic drug at a dose of 500 μg PO q 12h.
The patient serum creatinine is
1.50 mg/dl, she weighs
189 lb and measures
5'
6". The following are dosing guidelines for the drug
b) What dose would you recommend? |
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| 9 |
VAD is a combination of three chemotherapy drugs used to treat myeloma. A
334 lb,
5 feet
1 inches
patient receives the following regimen:
Cycle: 28 days Vincristine 0.4 mg/day IV on days 1 through 4 Doxorubicin 9 mg/m2/day IV on days 1 through 4 Dexamethasone 40 mg/day PO on days 1-4, 9-12, 17-20 Calculate the total quantity of each drug required per cycle. (use the nomogram method to calculate the BSA) |
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| 10 |
AC regimen is a combination of two chemotherapy drugs used to treat Breast cancer.
A female patient with a BSA of A
1.4 m2 receives the following regimen:
Cycle: 3 weeks, repeat 4-6 cycles Doxorubicin: 60 mg/m2/day IV on day 1 Cyclophosphamide: 600 mg/m2/day IV on day 1 Calculate the total quantity of each drug required in 4 cycles. |
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| 11 | When using a dropper you find that 40 drops of a mixture measure 6 ml. How many drops/ml is the dropper calibrated to deliver? | ||||||||||
| 12 |
A patient drops off a prescription for prednisone. The prescription calls for:
Week 1: 50 mg PO q day Week 2: 25 mg PO q day Week 3: 20 mg PO q day Week 4: 20 mg PO q day How many 5 mg tablets would provide for the 4 week treatment? |
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| 13 | Children’s Ibuprofen suspension is available as 100 mg/5 ml. Dose for a 53 lb child is 10 ml. The dropper contains 10 drops/ml. How many drops is the child taking per dose? | ||||||||||
| 14 | A 2.25 g of sample of drug contains 175 doses. What is the dose of drug in mg? | ||||||||||
| 15 | The recommended dose of a cough syrup of 0.5 teaspoon , how many doses are contained in an 1 fluid ounce bottle? (Round down if necessary) | ||||||||||
| 16 | Calculate the volume of U-500 required to administer 1325 units of insulin. | ||||||||||
| 17 | The content of a vial of penicillin G potassium weighs 600 mg and represents 1000000 units. How many milligrams are needed to prepared 15 g of an ointment that is to contain 341000 units of penicillin G potassium per gram? |
Answers
The Answer to question 1 is: 41
The Answer to question 2 is: 73.50 ml
The Answer to question 3 is: 2449.40 μg
The Answer to question 4 is: 113.25 mg
The Answer to question 5 is: 272.37 mg
The Answer to question 6 is: 98.27 mg
The Answer to question 7 is: 308.18 mg
The Answer to question 8 is: a) 29.40 ml/min b) 125 μg PO q 12h
The Answer to question 9 is: vincristine = 1.6 mg, doxorubicin 84.64 mg, dexamethasone = 480.00 mg
The Answer to question 10 is: doxorubicin = 336 mg, Cyclophosphamide = 3360 mg
The Answer to question 11 is: 7 drops/ml
The Answer to question 12 is: 161 tablets
The Answer to question 13 is: 100 drops
The Answer to question 14 is: 12.86 mg
The Answer to question 15 is: 11 doses
The Answer to question 16 is: 2.65 ml
The Answer to question 17 is: 3069.00 mg