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Recently published data shows that the prevalence of asthma in patients over 18-years-old is 1 in 20 and the prevalence of COPD in patients over 18-years-old is 1 in 32. Your surgery has 8,000 registered patients over the age of 18 years.   How many more patients aged over 18 would you expect to have asthma compared to the number who have COPD?

A 5-year-old child, who weighs 18.2kg, was admitted to hospital requiring fluid and electrolyte replacement. They are prescribed sodium chloride 0.18% and glucose 4% at a dose of 3mmol/kg to be given intravenously over 24 hours.   What is the infusion rate in mL/hour required to deliver the prescribed dose? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.   Extract from Online BNF for intravenous fluids

You are a foundation trainee who is running an event on salt content of OTC medicines. Co-codamol 8mg/500mg soluble tablets contain 19.1mmol of Na+ per tablet. The maximum recommended daily allowance (RDA) of salt for an adult is 6g (2.4g of sodium) per day. The atomic mass of sodium is 23. If an adult patient took two co-codamol soluble tablets, what percentage of their maximum recommended daily salt allowance would they have consumed? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

A four-year-old patient who weighs 16.8kg is prescribed dexamethasone for croup. The standard dose is 150microgram/kg for one dose.    How many mL of dexamethasone 2mg/5mL liquid should be prescribed for this patient?   Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place. 

A 25-year-old patient, who weighs 120kg, is admitted to a critical care unit. As part of their treatment, dexmedetomidine is prescribed for sedation at a dose of 700nanograms/kg/hour.  The infusion is prepared by diluting 20mL of dexmedetomidine 100micrograms/mL to 250mL in sodium chloride 0.9%w/v.    What is the correct infusion rate in mL/hour to administer the prescribed dose?  Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.  

A 72-year-old patient has recently had a stroke and requires his medication to be administered via a PEG tube. He is prescribed bisoprolol 5mg/5mL oral solution at a dose of 10mg ONCE DAILY. Bisoprolol 5mg/5mL oral solution is available as a ‘special’ in a 100mL bottle which costs £20.88. It must be dispensed in its original bottle.   What is the exact cost to purchase the correct number of bottles to provide treatment for 28 days? Give your answer in pounds and pence.

Your pharmacy participates in a ‘NHS Health Check’ scheme run by your local authority, in which you measure patients’ height, weight, blood pressure and, depending on results, offer lifestyle advice or refer them to their GP for further testing. A 59-year-old male patient weighs 92kg and is 160cm in height. His blood pressure is 132/82mmHg. How much weight in kilograms does he need to lose to reach a ‘healthy’ BMI of 25kg/m2?

A patient at the end of life is prescribed 30mg of morphine and 0.5mg of haloperidol to be given subcutaneously over 24 hours at home using a McKinley syringe driver. The final syringe is made up to 20mL with sodium chloride 0.9%.   What is the infusion rate in mL/hour that the syringe driver should be set at? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.

Use the given data to find the minimum sample size required to estimate the population proportion. Margin of error: 0.08; confidence level: 98%; and unknown 1.

List the original data from the stem-and-leaf plot. 1.