Order: Ceclor 250 mg orally every 8 hrs for a child weighing 14kg.
Available: 1 bottle of ceclor containing 75 mL of the suspension and labelled 125mg/2ml and the reccommended single dose for children is 15 to 20 mg/kg.
How many mL of the ceclor suspension is needed to administer one does to this child? Answer____mL/dose
Please please write out and explain the problem, using proportion. Round to the nearest 10th> Thank you !
Here docter already mentioned the amount of medication to be administered so we donot want to calculate it according to his weight
desired (devided by )available X volume=ml
250mg/125mg X2 ml = 4 ml
so 4 ml have to be administered every 8 hourly
RECOMMONDED SINGLE DOSE IS 15 TO 20 MG PER KG FOR FINDING THAT
WEIHT OF CHILD IS 14 KG
weight of child X 20 mg/day
14 X20mg = 280 mg
recommonded single dose is 280 mg that is
desired/available X VOLUME
280/ 125 X 2ML = 4.48 ML
ANSWER IS 5 ML
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