Jenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring…
Jenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring 5’6” in height who has been prescribed methotrexate for cancer as follows: RX: Methotrexate 250 mg/m2 IV D1, 8, 15 Treatment Cycle: 21 d The pharmacist adds the calculated dose of methotrexate to a 250 mL bag of NS. What rate of flow in gtt/min should the pharmacist instruct the nurse to set the infusion if methotrexate should be delivered at 60 mg/hr and the infusion set delivers 15 gtt/mL?
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The following prescription is written for a 7 year old female with epilepsy: Rx: Phenytoin 7.5 mg troches Disp # X The SR of the torsion balance used by the compounding pharmacist is 5.9 mg. How much diluent in grams should be used to compound this prescription?
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How many milliliters of a 3% hypertonic sodium chloride should be used in compounding the following prescription? (For homatropine bromide i factor is 1.8 and MW is 356; for sodium chloride i factor is 1.8 and MW is 58.5) RX: Homatropine bromide 0.35 g Sodium chloride q.s. Purified water ad 75 mL Make isoton. sol. Sig: For the eye
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How many grams of silver nitrate are needed to compound the following prescription? (E value for proparacaine hydrochloride is 0.18, i factor is 1.8 and MW is 331; E value for pilocarpine nitrate is 0.24, i factor is 1.8 and MW is 245; E value for silver nitrate is 0.34, i factor is 1.8 and MW is 170; for sodium chloride, the i factor is 1.8 and MW is 58.5) RX: Proparacaine hydrochloride 0.25% Pilocarpine hydrochloride 1:50 Silver nitrate qs Purified water ad 45 mL Make isoton. Sol. Sig. Use as directed
Read DetailsJenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring…
Jenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring 5’6” in height who has been prescribed methotrexate for cancer as follows: RX: Methotrexate 250 mg/m2 IV D1, 8, 15 Treatment Cycle: 21 d The pharmacist adds the calculated dose of methotrexate to a 250 mL bag of NS. What rate of flow in gtt/min should the pharmacist instruct the nurse to set the infusion if methotrexate should be delivered at 60 mg/hr and the infusion set delivers 15 gtt/mL?
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