A patient on your ward is in status epilepticus. The consultant has told his junior doctor to prescribe a loading dose of phenytoin, please help calculate the dose. The patient is an adult female weighing 50kg 1) Calculate the intravenous loading dose for phenytoin.(show working) 2) what diluent/infusion fluid should the doctor use when making up the infusion? 3) What volume of infusion fluid should he use and what rate should he run this at?

A patient on your ward is in status epilepticus. The consultant has told his junior doctor to prescribe a loading dose of phenytoin, please help calculate the dose. The patient is an adult female weighing 50kg 1) Calculate the intravenous loading dose for phenytoin.(show working) 2) what diluent/infusion fluid should the doctor use when making up the infusion? 3) What volume of infusion fluid should he use and what rate should he run this at?

Curren'S Math For Meds: Dosages & Sol

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Chapter12: Ratio And Proportion

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