Daisy (7 years old; 30 kg) is admitted to hospital for meningitis and requires a short intravenous infusions of cefotaxime. A dose of 50 mg/kg is recommended every 6 hours for the first 4 days. Only 2 g cefotaxime vials are available. The powder in the vials is dissolved with 4.0 mL of saline. Calculate the volume (in mL to 1 d.p.)of this solution which should be transfered to the 40mL syringe driver for a single infusion.
Daisy (7 years old; 30 kg) is admitted to hospital for meningitis and requires a short intravenous infusions of cefotaxime. A dose of 50 mg/kg is recommended every 6 hours for the first 4 days. Only 2 g cefotaxime vials are available. The powder in the vials is dissolved with 4.0 mL of saline. Calculate the volume (in mL to 1 d.p.)of this solution which should be transfered to the 40mL syringe driver for a single infusion.
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