Name ______________________________
Using the Harriet Lane Handbook answer the following questions. Please show all your work; you may be able to receive partial credit. Each question counts for 10 points.
1. Calculate the maintenance IV fluid rate for an 8kg, 0.4m2 infant.
2. Calculate the maintenance IV fluid rate for a 12kg, 0.5 m2 child.
3. Calculate the maintenance IV fluid rate for a 28 kg, 0.97 m2 child.
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Calculate the maintenance IV fluid rate using the meter squared calculation for
a 54 kg, 1.52 m2 adolescent.
5. A 6-month-old infant who weighs 8 kg presents with an ear infection. You prescribe amoxicillin to be given twice a day. How many milliliters of amoxicillin will you tell the Mother to give this infant? (show all work)
6. A 4-year-old who weighs 16 kg presents with a double ear infection. You prescribe amoxicillin to be given twice a day. Write the prescription.
7. A 3-year-old who weighs 15 kg presents with an unresolved ear infection following treatment with amoxicillin. You prescribe cefdinir (omnicef). How many milliliters of cefdinir will you tell the Mother to give this child? (show all work)
8. A 10-year-old who weighs 30 kg presents with an unresolved ear infection following treatment with amoxicillin. He is unable to swallow pills. You prescribe cefdinir (omnicef). Write the prescription.
9. A one-week old infant weighing 5 kg is diagnosed with chlamydia conjunctivitis: What is the appropriate treatment, dose and duration of treatment for this infant?
10. An adolescent weights 70 kg and is 5 feet 6 inches. What is his body surface area?
He is dehydrated, and you want to give IV fluids to provide one and a half maintenance. What is the type of IV fluid and IV fluid rate over the next 24 hours?
