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PHAR1102 – PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS AND TECHNIQUES

MODULE 7 SEATWORK
Name: Section:
General Instructions: Answer the problems asked below. Show your solutions by
including pictures of them (scanned or if actual picture, should be well-lit, clear, and
legible), or you may type them on the space provided. Final answers in the solutions
should be boxed. Make sure that the layout of the activity is the same before you save
and upload your output as a PDF file.

1. The dose of a drug is 500mcg/kg of body weight. How many mg should be given to a
child weighing 55lb?
FINAL ANSWER: 12.5mg
SOLUTION:

2. The dose of gentamicin for a premature and full-term neonate is 2.5mg/kg

administered every 12 hours. What would be the daily dose for a new born weighing
5.6lb?
FINAL ANSWER: 6.25mg
SOLUTION:

3. A physician desires a dose of 10mcg/kg of digoxin for an 8lb newborn baby. How
many mL of an injection containing 0.25mg of digoxin per mL should be given?
FINAL ANSWER: 0.15mL
SOLUTION:

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PHAR1102 – PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS AND TECHNIQUES

4. Using Clark’s rule, what is the dose for a 12-year-old girl who weighs 31.7kg if the
average adult dose is 500mg?
FINAL ANSWER: 235mg
SOLUTION:

5. The pediatric dose for a 9-year-old child who weighs 63lbs needs to be determined.
You learn that the adult dose for the same drug is 200mg. Using Young’s rule, what
dose should the child be given?
FINAL ANSWER: 85.71mg
SOLUTION: