Math and Dosage Calculations for Health Care 3rd Edition by James Whaley, Kathryn Booth, Booth Kathryn

Exercise 3

In Exercises 15, determine if the order is safe. If it is, then determine the amount to administer.
The patient is a 25-kg child receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Ordered: Neupogen 125 mcg IVPB over 30 min
On hand: Refer to label D. According to the package insert, for patients receiving myelosuppressive hemotherapy, the recommended daily starting dose is 5 mcg/kg/day, administered as a single daily injection by Sub-Q bolus injection, by short IV infusion (15 to 30 min), or by continuous Sub-Q or continuous IV infusion.
In Exercises 16-18, calculate the daily maintenance fluid needs, based on the following weights. Then find the flow rate in milliliters per hour ( F ) for the DMFN.