Question

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5. A 48-pound child has an order for Ceclor 250mg every 6 hours. The label on the medication bottle reads Ceclor 250mg per 5mL. What is the total mg amount of medication this child will receive in 24 hours?

Answer 1

Order dose of the drug is 250mg.

250 mg of ceclor is available in 5ml bottle.

Weight of the patient is 48 pounds.

Interval of giving medication is every 6 hours. This means patient will receive 4 times per day.

As, one day consists of 24 hours and interval of medication is every 6 hours so, total 4 doses of drug is being administered in one day.

1 dose is of 250mg so, 4 dose is of 1000mg.

So, in one day patient will receive 1000mg of the drug.

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