A four-month-old child weighing 10 lbs 2 oz is ordered erythromycin suspension po TDS. The dose ordered is 25 mg/kg/day. You would give mg(s) each dose.
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- 10 lbs = 4.54 kg - 2 oz = 56.7 g = 0.0567 kg - Total weight = 4.54 kg + 0.0567 kg = 4.5967 kg Show more…
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