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Your 10 year-old CF patient will be receiving broad spectrum antibiotics. Her weight is 70lbs. 1. Cephalosporin will the the first antibiotic on a schedule of 7.5mg/kg. 2. Tobramycin via IV will be the second antibiotic on a schedule of 6mg/kg. This total dose should be given over 4 doses at a frequency of qid. How much will the first dose be? Show all your work.

You are about to give your 25 week gestation neonatal patient an initial dose of surfactant therapy. Please list all hazards and complications that you would assess for. Choose all that apply.

Your 28 year old patient has uncontrolled asthma and the physician wants to start xanthine therapy. What is the dose for this patient. Choose all that apply.

In clinical studies why is dornase alpha more appropriate use in CF than a patient with viral pneumonia?  Hint – type of secretions, MOA    

Poractant alfa is a natural modified surfactant made from a pig lung. Its proteins are made up mostly of SP A.

The physician recommends a mucoactive agent for your patient. List therapies that you should recommend prior to utilizing pharmacological agents for the purposes of secretion clearance.

IgEs are produced by cells in the respiratory tract.

Your patient is receiving Lucinactant which is a synthetic surfactant and includes all surfactant proteins except for SP A.

Use a table of areas for the standard normal curve to find the​ z-score for which the area under the standard normal curve to its left is 0.96.

For questions 5-8. A recent census found that 51.8% of adults are​ female, 10.1% are​ divorced, and 6.1% are divorced females. For an adult selected at​ random, let F be the event that the person is​ female, and D be the event that the person is divorced. P(F)  = [a] ​(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not​ round.) P(D) = [b]  ​(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not​ round.) P(F&D) = [c] ​(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not​ round.)