1. A 3-month-old 4kg baby is ordered oral amoxicillin50mg/kg/dose to be given TDS. Amoxicillin comes in a strength of250mg/5ml.

a) How much is each dose in mg?

b) How many mls do you give?

2.

At the commencement of your shift you note that your patient has50 mg glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) diluted in 100 mL 5% dextrosesolution running at 6 mL/hr via a volumetric pump.

Calculate the dose in µg/min.

3.

Your patient is receiving an adrenaline infusion at 6ml/hr. Theinfusion is made up of 4mg of adrenaline in 50mls of normal saline.Your patient weights 55kg.  

a)   What is the concentration of adrenaline inthe syringe in mg/ml?

b)   What dose of medication is the patientreceiving in micrograms/kg/minute? (round to 2 decimal places)

Answer: ??mcg/kg/min

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