Question

A patient weights 86 Lb and 35 in tall. The average child’s dosage for a medication is 15mg/m2

1 ) Calculate BSA for the child using the appropriate formula.
2) Calculate the amount of medication to be administered to the client.

Answer 1

1)Ans: In the given question, child weight =86lb and height =35inch

Lets convert weight 86lb=39.002kgs(here 1kg=2.205lb and 86/2.205=39.002)

Height 35inch =88.9cm(1cm=0.3937,35/0.3937=88.9cm)

Formula of BSA(body surface area) (m2) =

Squaroot of the height(cm) multiplied by weight(kg) divided by 3600

m2=squaroot of (88.9x39.002/3600)

=squaroot of (0.9631)=0.981m2

2)Ans: 15mg/m2 average medication dose given in the question.

So, the amount of medication to be given for the child is 15x0.981=14.7mg