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Order: Vancomycin 12 mg/kg IV every 8 hours for an 11 year oldchild with a staph infection.

Supply: Vancomycin 500 mg vial to bereconstituted with 10 mL of sterile water. The child weighs 77lb.

How many ml will you draw from thevial after reconstitution? _____________________

Order: Duricef oral solution 30 mg/kg PO bid for a 7 year oldchild with tonsillitis. The bottle of medication is labeled 250 mgper 5 mL. The child weighs 44 lb.

How many mL will you give?__________________

Order: Fragmin 80 units/kg SQ every 12 hours for unstableangina. The available dose is 10,000 units per mL.

The patient weighs 140 lb

How many mL will you give?_____________________

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Order1 Given the weight of the child 77 lb 77 lb x 0453592 g 1lb 3493 Kg the child needs 12 mgkg Vancomycin in 8 hour Hence total requirment of Vancomycin in 8 hour 12 mgKg x 3493 Kg 420 mg 500 mg is    See Answer
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