Question

A pediatric patient was just admitted for an acute exacerbation of asthma and is due to get his dose of prednisolone (Prelone) now. The recommended dose for prednisolone (Prelone) is 1 mg/kg/dose by mouth every 6 hours for the first 48 hours. The child weighs 35 lbs. The bottle reads prednisolone (Prelone) 15 mg/5 mL. How many mL do you administer per dose? (Round to the nearest tenth).  

Answer 1

The recommended dose for Prednisolone is 1mg/Kg/dose .

It is also given that the weight of the child is 35 lbs (~15 - 16 Kg) . For easy calculation we can take the weight of child as 15Kg.

Therefore, the recommended dose for the child is15 mg/15 kg/ dose. It means 15 mg medication can be administered to a child having 15 Kg.

The bottle reads Prednisolone 15mg/5 mL.

5 mL contains 15 mg of medication. So the amount of medication, we have to administer the child in mL is 5 mL / dose.