A patient who weighs 2kg is prescribed phytomenadione 400micrograms/kg for one dose by IM injection for prophylaxis of vitamin K bleeding. Phytomenadione is available as a 2mg/0.2mL solution for injection. How many mL of phytomenadione 2mg/0.2mL injection should this patient be administered? Give your answer to TWO (2) decimal places.
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A one-day-old patient was born prematurely and now has a wei…
A one-day-old patient was born prematurely and now has a weight of 2.1kg. They require a continuous infusion of IV sodium chloride 0.9%w/v at a rate of 2mL/hour. An extract from the BNF is available below: How many mmol/kg of sodium will the patient receive in 24 hours? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.
A 5-year-old patient weighing 16kg is being treated for inso…
A 5-year-old patient weighing 16kg is being treated for insomnia associated with autism spectrum disorder. They have been prescribed melatonin oral solution 1mg/mL at a dose of 2mL before bed. The prescribing policy states that patients should not receive more than 50mg/kg/day of propylene glycol. The SmPC for melatonin oral solution states that the formulation contains 93.6mg of propylene glycol per millilitre. What percentage of the maximum recommended daily propylene glycol intake will the patient receive from his prescribed dose? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place
A patient who weighs 70 kg is prescribed Privigen (human nor…
A patient who weighs 70 kg is prescribed Privigen (human normal immunoglobulin) 100mg/mL solution for infusion at a dose of 0.4g/kg given once every three weeks. The infusion guidelines state: Start at 0.01mL/kg/min for the first 30 minutes. If tolerated, increase to 0.08 mL/kg/min for the remainder of the infusion. Assuming the infusion is tolerated, how long will it take to administer the full dose? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
A child who weighs 22kg is prescribed melatonin 0.1%w/v solu…
A child who weighs 22kg is prescribed melatonin 0.1%w/v solution at a dose of 10mL ON. What is the daily dose of melatonin in microgram/kg? Give your answer to the nearest whole number
Why would antibiotics be ineffective in treating most upper…
Why would antibiotics be ineffective in treating most upper respiratory infections? (4 points)
What is the correct command to find a basis (expressed in ro…
What is the correct command to find a basis (expressed in row vectors) for therow space of A in the following MATLAB program? A = [ 1 2 -3 4 0; 0 0 1 2 0; 0 0 0 0 1; 0 0 0 0 0 ]; [B,pivcol] = rref(A); RowBasis =
A synchronous generator rated 11 KV,50 MVA has a per unit im…
A synchronous generator rated 11 KV,50 MVA has a per unit impedance of 0.2 per unit on its own base,then its impedance referred to 22KV,150 MVA would be
Unethical behavior in organizations is best understood as:
Unethical behavior in organizations is best understood as:
The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram plots a star’s luminos…
The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram plots a star’s luminosity versus its _____.