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Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 6 hours is prescribed for a 1 year old child with fever....

Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 6 hours is prescribed for a 1 year old child with fever. The child weighs 10 kg. Your bottle of ibuprofen is labeled 100 mg / 5 mL. How many mL will you give the infant for each dose? .

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Ans. Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 6 hours is prescribed

Child weight 10kg

Bottle labeled 100 mg/5ml

So= 10mg/10kg =100mg every 6 hours

D/A multiply drop factor

100/100 multiply 5 = 5ml each dose given by infant

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