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

Exercise 117

In Exercises 15, determine if the order is safe. If so, calculate the amount to administer.
The patient is 34 cm tall and weighs 5 kg.
Ordered: Cerubidine 25 mg/m 2 IV qw
On hand: Cerubidine for injection. When reconstituted, each milliliter contains 5 mg of drug. The recommended pediatric dosage is 25 mg/m 2 IV the first day every week.