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Question 1:
• Find out the dose of amoxicillin for 10 yrs old child with URI by
Dilling’s formula.
Answer 1:
= 10/20 x 500
= 250 mg.
• Find out the dose of Erythromycin for 3 yrs old child with acute
tonsillitis by Dilling’s formula.
Answer 2:
= 3/20 x 500
= 75 mg.
5ml = 125 mg
Answer 3:
Approximately = 1 g /day.
• A 6 yrs old female baby suffering from LRI was prescribed syp.
Paracetamol.
Weight of the child = 20 kg. Find out the dose & volume of the
syrup required using Clark’s formula.
ANSWER-4:
body weight in kg
70
• = 20 / 70 X500
• = 5/125 X150
= 6 ml thrice a day.
QUESTION-5:
ANSWER-5:
Age in yrs
Age + 12
= 8 /8+12 x 400.
= 8/ 20 x 400.
• Calculate the amount of oral iron required for a 7 yrs old child
weighing 25 kg diagnosed to have moderate iron deficiency
anemia.
Hb level = 9 g/dl.
ANSWER-6
= 5 X 25
= 125/ 2
= 62.5 mg BD ( 60 mg BD).
ANSWER-7:
= 0.25 X 60 kg
= 15g.
100 X 15
20
= 75 ml.
QUESTION-8:
ANSWER-8
= 600 mg.
= 4 tablets.
300mg=2 tablets
=10 tab
QUESTION-9
Calculate the dose of gentamicin for a 60 yrs old man weighing 60 kg, suffering from severe
lower respiratory tract infection. His creatinine clearance is 60ml/min.
ANSWER-9
= 1X 60
= 60mg/dose
40mg=1ml
Therefore, 60 mg = 1/40 X 60
= 1.5 ml.
Thus the patient has to be administered 1.5ml of Gentamicin twice daily for 5 to 7 days.
QUESTION-10
• A patient with body weight 70 kg, aged 50 yrs with chronic renal failure has a Sr.Creatinine
value of 3.5 mg/dl. He was prescribed Cap.Cephalexin for UTI as the organism was sensitive to
it. The normal adult dose is 500 mg BD. Calculate the corrected dose for this patient based on
his Creatinine clearance.
ANSWER-10
Sr. Cr x 72
140 – 50 x 70
= ----------------------------
3.5 x 72
90 x 70
= ------------------------
252
= 6300/252
= 25 ml/min.
Normal Cr. Cl
500 x 25 ml/min
= -------------------------
100 ml/min
= 5 x 25
ANSWER-11
= 50mg x 24
=1200mg/ day
ANSWER-12
• 1 ml = 20 drops.
ANSWER-13
1.]
• 1ml=40mg, 5ml=5x40=200mg
• 1 ml = 20 drops
• 500 ml= 500x20=10,000 drops
• 1 drop=2,00,000/10,000
• =20mcg
20 µg of dopamine= 1 drop
1 x 280
20
= 14 drops
• DATA:
• Questions:
ANSWERS 14
= 4.4 X 60 X (16 - 9)
= 1848 mg
• 100 mg =1 ampoule
• 18.48 ampoules
• rounded to 19 ampoules
• DATA:
ANSWERS 15
780x25
780mg = -------------------
500
= 39ml
40 x 1.3 = 52mg
25mg = 1ml
• Dose of 5 – FU is 600mg/m²
500mg = 10ml