A) You have a 5kg catwho has low blood pressure, but no underlying hypertrophiccardiomyopathy. You have been instructed to give dopamine via IVinfusion to try and stabilize this patient.
How much dopamine should you add to a 250mL bag of saline tomake a dopamine drip of 5μg/kg/min if you run the fluids at5mL/hr?
Dopamine dose for blood pressure elevation is 2-10μg/kg/min (upto 15μg/kg/min for shorter duration). Stock solution is200mg/5mL.
B) You areworking on a game preserve in Angola. A 92# mountain zebra ponyneeds antibiotics and the only thing available is amoxicillin.Amoxicillin is ordered at the dosage of 10mg/Kg q12h. The only formof amoxicillin you have on hand comes in a concentration of100mg/tablet. How many tablets will you dispense to the gamekeeperfor 7 days of therapy?
A) You have a 5kg cat who has low blood pressure, but no underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. You have been instr
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A) You have a 5kg cat who has low blood pressure, but no underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. You have been instr
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