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Ch 7 MC2010
Math for Pharmacology ii
Question | Answer |
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pediatric dose based on child's weight, most common law used in the calculation of drug dosage in children, since the weight of different children at the same age can vary a lot!!! | clark's rule |
clark's rule formula | child's weight / 150 x adult dose |
applied to children under 1 yr of age, assumption is that a 12 1/2 yr old child could take an adult dose, a fraction of that is assumed in the child's dosage, uses 150 months in denominator = 12 1/2 yrs.... | fried's rule |
fried's rule formula | child's age in months / 150 x adult dose |
pediatric dosage rule applied to children over 1 yr of age | young's rule |
young's rule formula. | child's age in yrs / child's age in yrs+12 x adult dose |
preferred dosage rule medication method, for oncology, critical care or underweight patients/children, can be used for both infants and children, frequently found in pediatric offices, medical textbooks, and dictionaries | west's nomogram |
preferable to other forms of pediatric dosage calculations because it takes into consideration the child's body surface area (BSA), based on calculation of child's height and weight, and is expressed as m^2 (meters squared) | west's nomogram |