Question

An intial dose of azithromycin 10 mg/kg PO is ordered for a 5 year old boy with cat scratch fever. The boy weighs 20 kg. Your bottle of azithromycin is labeled 200 mg / 5 mL. How many mL will you give the boy for his first dose? .

Answer 1

Ondered dose = 10 mg / kg Patient weight = 20 kg Requined dose face patient = 20810 = 200 mg = 200 mg/5 ml Azitheo nxein bottle strength to the boy he need to gives me of azithromycin which have 200 mg of deng. cs Scanned with CamScanner