Drug Calculation Questions – Part 3
- What is the volume that has been drawn up into the syringe? Please use the correct units and write your answer to one decimal place.
- What is the volume that has been dispensed? Please use the correct units.
- A patient has been prescribed 0.2 mg of digoxin. What is the dose in micrograms?
- A patient produces 1250 mL of urine in 24 hours. What is the volume in L?
- A patient has been prescribed 800 mg of aspirin. How many tablets should be administered?
- A patient has been prescribed 100 mg of amitriptyline hydrochloride solution. What volume should be administered? Please use the correct units.
- A patient has been prescribed 600 mg of cefadroxil suspension. What volume should be administered? Please use the correct units.
- A patient has been prescribed phenytoin suspension at a dose of 1.8 mg/kg. The patient weighs 100 kg. What volume should be administered? Please use the correct units.
- A patient has been prescribed 36 mg of codeine phosphate. What volume should be drawn up for the injection? Please use the correct units and write your answer to one decimal place.
- A patient has been prescribed 8 mg of metoclopramide hydrochloride. What volume should be drawn up for the injection? Please use the correct units and write your answer to one decimal place.
- A patient has been prescribed tramadol hydrochloride at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg.
Your patient weighs 80 kg. What volume should be drawn up for the injection? Please use the correct units and write your answer to one decimal place.
- At what rate would you set the infusion pump to run?
- At what rate would you set the infusion pump to run? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
- At what rate would you set the infusion pump to run?
- Complete the following fluid balance charts by calculating if the patient has gained or lost fluid over a 24-hour period. If the patient has gained fluid you should include ‘+’ before your balance answer, e.g. +100 mL. If the patient has lost fluid you should include ‘-’ before your balance answer, e.g. -100 mL.
Total input:
Total output:
Balance:
Answers
- 1.8 mL
- 10 mL
- 200 micrograms
- 1.25 liters
- 4 tablets\
- 20 mL
- 12 mL
- 30 mL
- 9. 0.6 mL
- 1.6 mL
- 2.4 mL
- 125 mL/hour
- 88 mL/hour
- 80 mL/hour
- Total input: 950 mL
Total output: 505 mL
Balance: + 445 mL