Question

Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 6 hours is prescribed for a 2 year old child with fever. The child weighs 12 kg. Your bottle of ibuprofen is labeled 40 mg/mL. How many mL will you give the infant for each dose? .

Answer 1

Ans. Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 6 hours

Child weight 12 kg

So 10mg/12kg=120 mg per 6 hours

Bottle labeled 40mg /ml

So desire dose /available dose multiply drop factor

120/40 multiply ml 3 ml ,, (macro drop factor =15 so 45 ml)