Question

1. Aspirin is ordered for your patient. The safe therapeutic range is 80 mg – 100 mg/day/day divided into 4 doses until fever resolves.
   1. Is the dose within therapeutic range?
   2. What is the rationale for the ‘high dose’ range for this child?
   3. On hand is Aspirin 81 mg/tablet. How many tablets does the child receive? ___________ tablets

Answer 1

Answer :

Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle aches ,toothaches ,common cold and head ache .

80- 100 mg of aspirin is the therapeutic range For the child and up to 130 mg /kg /day .

Rationale :

To prevent the further complications such as convulsions ,inflammation.

Aspirin is medication used to treatment fever , pain and inflammation in the body .

It also prevent blood clots ,stroke ,chest pain and heart attack in certain people .

For every people ,if We have fever ,the aspirin only Use For three days

We should not Use more than three days For resolution of fever .

It is overcounter medication ,if fever not decreases after administration of medication ,We should consult the doctors immediately For forther interventions .child should take three Tablets only .