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A 5’9″ male patient is currently being ventilated in PC-CMV mode on the following settings: 20/5, 12, and 65%.  The following ABG is obtained: 7.32/48/81/24/95%.  What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A 5’6″ female patient is being ventilated in PRVC mode on the following settings: Vt 400, RR 12, PEEP 5, and 45%.  The following ABG is obtained: 7.31/50/76/24/94%.  What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A 24-year-old patient is currently prescribed lithium carbonate (Priadel) 400 mg tablets, FOUR AT NIGHT. In order to increase compliance, the decision is made to switch him onto lithium citrate (Priadel) 520 mg/5 mL liquid. How many millilitres of lithium citrate 520 mg/5 mL liquid should the patient be prescribed for each dose? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.   Extract from Online BNF

Interpret the ABG.

67.  Which of these statements is FALSE?        

A 54-year-old male patient is admitted to hospital with a complicated skin and soft tissue infection (cSSTI), identified as being caused by staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB). He is prescribed daptomycin and you check his kidney function before recommending a dose. His weight is 72 kg and serum creatinine is 190 micromol/litre.   What would be the most appropriate dose of daptomycin to prescribe daily for this patient? Give your answer in milligrams.        Constant: 1.04 (women) 1.23 (men)   Extract from the SPC for daptomycin

61.   You inoculated two tubes of liquid culture media with 100 bacterial cells, and                  incubated one tube at 37oC and the other at 55oC.  After 48 hours incubation,                you  Counted 20,000 bacteria per ml in the 37oC tube and 1,000, 000 bacteria per ml in the 55oC tube.  You can conclude that this species is a:            

A paediatric patient who weighs 20.8 kg, has been newly diagnosed with epilepsy and is prescribed phenytoin 2.5 mg/kg daily. What is the volume in millilitres of phenytoin 30 mg/5 mL suspension that the patient should receive per dose? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.  

85. The belief that the reward you receive will depend on your performance in the workplace. 

You receive the following prescription for a six-year-old child for prophylaxis of a urinary tract infection with oral nitrofurantoin 25 mg/5 mL suspension.    What dose in millilitres should the child be given each evening? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.