Calculate pediatric dose:
ordered: Benadryl 6 mg Q 6 Hours
on hand: 25 mg/10 mls
Patient Weight: 6 kg
How many mls of liquid Benadryl would you administer?
How would you administer this medication to a 12 month old baby?
As per Pediatric Medication formula
Doctors ordered (6mg) X total dilution of the drug (10ml) / total available drug dose (25mg)
As per above formula doctors ordered 6 mg of benadryl every 6 hours,
benadryal 6mg X 10 ml / 25 mg = 2.4 ml/per dose
so we need administrate 2.4 ml of benadryal per dose
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