A 36-year-old patient is currently prescribed lithium citrate (Priadel) 520mg/5ml liquid at a dose of 15mL AT NIGHT. To improve compliance, the decision is made to switch him to lithium carbonate (Priadel) 200mg MR tablets. These two preparations are not equivalent, as described below: Extract from Online BNF for lithium How many Priadel 200mg MR tablets should the patient be prescribed for each dose?

A patient is admitted to A&E and prescribed ceftriaxone 1g ampoules with instructions for nurses to administer TWO ampoules (2g) ONCE daily for FIVE days. Today’s dose was given to the patient in A&E before the patient was transferred to another ward. How many 1g ampoules should the pharmacy department send to the new ward to complete the five-day course?

A 37-year-old female patient has been prescribed mometasone 0.05% cream to be applied to both arms, once daily, for a total of 14 days. You counsel the patient about ‘fingertip units’ as a means of applying the correct amount of cream for a given area of skin as follows: For an adult female: 1 fingertip unit provides 0.4g of cream          For one arm = apply 3 fingertip units of cream   Mometasone 0.05% cream is supplied in 30g tubes.   How many 30g tubes will need to be prescribed for the 14 days of treatment?

Pembrolizumab is recommended for treating small cell lung cancer. The patient attends the chemotherapy clinic on day 1 and pembrolizumab is prescribed as an IV infusion with 0.9% sodium chloride. The infusion is prepared as recommended below:   Extract from Northern Cancer Alliance Drug Administration Record What is the infusion rate, in mg/minute, that should be prescribed? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.

For the Neer Method projection of the shoulder, the body is rotated so that the midcoronal plane is how many degrees from the IR?

Which positioning error(s) does the following Scapular Y radiograph demonstrate? Screenshot 2025-06-25 001101.png

How should an AP elbow projection in partial flexion be obtained? With the forearm parallel to the IR, CR perpendicularWith the humerus parallel to the IR, CR perpendicularFlexed elbow resting on olecranon process, CR perpendicular

What is the correct central ray for a PA projection of the first digit?

Using Table 1 (in the tables document), what is the weight for the following Z scores:  -2 3

Using the regression equation from the previous problem, what is the reported anxiety when x is 3? What about 0?