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Haya94

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on: Jul 3, 2018
Order: Lomustine 100 mg/m PO, every six weeks. The label on the bottle reads, 100 mg/cap. How many capsules of this antineoplastic drug will you administer to a child whose BSA is 1 m2?
 
  1. 1 capsule
  2. 10 capsules
  3. 0.1 capsule
  4. 7 capsules

Question 2

Order: Amiodarone HCl 100 mg/m PO, daily. Calculate how many milligrams a child whose BSA is 0.8m2 should receive.
 
  1. 80 mg
  2. 125 mg
  3. 8 mg
  4. 12.5 mg


yasmin

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

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Global Rationale: 1 m2  100 mg/ m2 = 100 mg = 1 capsule

Answer to Question 2

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Global Rationale: 0.8 m2  100 mg/ m2 = 80 mg.


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