1. A boy, 4 years of age, is written a prescription for amoxicillin 75 mg orally 3 times daily. The concentration of the suspension on hand in the pharmacy is 125 mg per 5 mL. Calculate the number of milliliters that the child should receive with each individual dose.

2. How many milliliters of a 0.7% stock solution are required to make 2 L of 0.2% solution? How many mL of solvent will be required to carry out the dilution?

3. A 45 gm tube of 1% clotrimazole cream is combined with 15 gm of base. What is the new percent strength?

4. A physician writes an order for 1000 mL of 12.5% dextrose to be infused at 75 mL/hour. This large volume concentration is not available in the pharmacy, so it must be compounded using 50% dextrose and 5% dextrose. Using the method of alligation, how many mL of 50% dextrose will be required for the compound?

5. BM is a woman, 27 years of age, who is 63 inches tall and weighs 167 lbs. Calculate her body surface area (BSA).

6. A woman, 7 years of age, has been prescribed a methotrexate (MTX) dose of 25 mg/m2/week. The child is 110 cm tall and weighs 29 kg. Which weekly dose is correct?

7. CR is a man, 25 years of age, who is 105 kg and is 71 inches tall. Calculate his ideal body weight (IBW).

8. JB is a woman, 17 years of age, who is 71 kg and 66 in tall. Calculate her IBW.

9. A common definition of morbid obesity is a weight that is greater than what percentage of IBW?

10. A physician writes the following order: gentamicin 1.5 mg/kg/dose every 8 hours. The patient is an obese man, 33 years of age; so gentamicin must be dosed using an adjusted body weight (ABW) with a dose correction factor of 0.4. The patient is 185 kg and is 69 inches tall. Calculate the amount in milligrams of each individual dose.

Evaluation Questions

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