Exam 16: Preparation of Noninjectable Solutions

A burn patient's BSA is 1.72 m². The recommended dosage range is 37-52 mg/m². The maximum safe dose for this patient is _______________. (Round to the nearest milligram)

The patient is a 6-year-old child who weighs 44 lb. Ordered: Proventil 2 mg po tid On hand: Proventil Syrup . According to the package insert, for children 2 to 6 years of age, dosing should be initiated at 0.1 mg/kg of body weight 3 times a day. Determine if this order is safe. If it is safe, calculate the amount to administer: _______________. If the dose is not safe, write: not safe.

Both absorption and distribution of medications are affected in patients who have poor _______________.

A nomogram is a special chart that can be used to determine a patient's _______________.

When a patient receives an IM injection, the medication moves from the injection site into the bloodstream by a process called _______________.

The patient weighs 88 lb and is receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Ordered: Neupogen 200 mcg IVPB over 30 minutes. Refer to information from the package insert for the dose on hand. If this is a safe dose for this patient, determine the amount to administer: _______________. If it is not a safe dose, write: not safe.

The child weighs 1 lb 4 oz. Convert this weight to kg: _______________. (Round to the nearest hundredth)

Cindy is an 11-year-old, 79 lb child who sliced her forearm open on a sharp piece of metal while helping her father clean out the garage. At the emergency room, the wound was cleaned up and the physician determined that she would need several sutures. Cindy is very upset, and the physician orders Midazolam for injection to sedate her and help decrease her anxiety. However, when Cindy sees the needle, she becomes very agitated, so the physician changes the order to Midazolam HCl syrup 18 mg PO. On hand, the emergency room has a 118 mL bottle of Midazolam HCl syrup . According to the package insert, the usual oral dose is 0.25 to 1 mg/kg. Determine if the ordered dose is safe. If it is safe, determine the amount to administer: _______________. If the dose is not safe, write: not safe.

_____ is the process that moves a drug from the site at which it was administered into the bloodstream.

Since Mr. Paul takes multiple medications, he is at higher risk for a drug _______________.

Which of the following patients, based on age, would require extra consideration when calculating medication dosages?

For obese patients, doses of water-soluble medications should be based on their ___________ body weight.

Find the BSA for a patient who is 4 ft 2 in. tall and weighs 57 lb: _______________. (Round to the nearest hundredth)

Based on the adult nomogram, the BSA for a patient who is 68 in. tall and 145 lb is

Height = 56 cm; weight = 18 kg. Calculate the BSA: _______________. (Round to the nearest hundredth)

Another term for the process of biotransformation is _______________.

Calculate the recommended dosage for 200 mg/m² for a patient whose BSA is 0.26 m²: _______________.

Chemical changes to drugs, which occur primarily in the liver, are the result of the process of _______________.

The patient is a 5-year-old child who weighs 42.6 lb. Ordered: Levsin 5 mcg/kg 30 min prior to anesthesia On hand: Levsin 0.5 mg/mL single-use vials Calculate the amount to administer: _______________.

One indicator of the rate at which kidneys filter blood is the patient's _______________.