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stevenposner

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Order: Dronabinol 5 mg/m PO, 13 hours before chemotherapy. How many milligrams will a child whose BSA is 0.8m2 receive?
 
  1. 4 mg
  2. 6.25 mg
  3. 0.4 mg
  4. 0.625 mg

Question 2

Prepare a 25 mg dose from a label reading 100 mg/5mL.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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karmakat49

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

1.25 mL


stevenposner

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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