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| How are childrens' medicine dosed? |
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a) at what gestational age is a baby considered premature
b) at what age is a baby considered a neonate/newborn
c) What is the Post Natal Age |
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a) <37 weeks
b) 0-1month
c) the chronological age, time from birth to now |
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a) What is the Post Conceptual Age?
b) How can this be calculated? |
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a) time from conception to now whether inutero or not
b) GA + PNA= PCA
gestational age + post natal age= post conceptual age |
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a) How do you calculate the corrected age?
b) what is this used for and until what age? |
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Chronological age (PNA)- (40wk-GA)
premature babies until 3 yrs of age |
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T/F
The Pediatric Dosage Handbook can be used as a dosing refernce |
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TRUE
it is the standard resource |
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T/F
The Ped. dos. handbook is a primary reference book |
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T/F
The Ped. Dosage Handbook does not contain disease state information |
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a)What can the Harriet Lance handbook be used for?
b)What is it limited to? |
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Definition
a)Basic disease state information, fast accurate information
b) John's Hopkins Formulary, limited information and lacks refernces
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a) What population is Neofax used for?
b) Does is have a large index of drugs?
c) Would yo ube able to find PD/PK info?
d) how is it organized? |
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Definition
a) Neonates only
b) No, about 180 drugs
c) minimal pharmacodynamics/kinetics
d) by drug class |
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a) What is the Red Book used for?
b) How is it organized?
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a) What is the Extemporaneuos Formulations book used for?
b) Can it be used for dosing?
c) Does it contain any legal information |
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Definition
a) Preparing medication not commercially available or on backorder (opthalmics, oral preps, etc)
b) NO just contains recipes
c) Yes |
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a) What is the Teddy Bear book used for?
b) Does it contain dosing information?
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Definition
a) preparation of injectables for pediatrics
b) NOT to be used for dosing |
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T/F
a) Pediatric patients are prone to error because they have difficulty communicating symptoms and self advocating |
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| How can medications be altered for palatability of oral meds? |
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Definition
Encapsulation
Tablet dispersion(crushing)
sweeteners |
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| What is the major issue with administering injectables orally? |
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Definition
It will undergo first pass effect and may lower bioavailability
Injectables more expensive |
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What is a potential problem with adding flavors to medication?
What flavors are typically added? |
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Definition
There is no universal favorite flavor some may like it and some may not
Sugar or Sodium |
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What measuring device is preferable for oral administration?
What is an acceptable room for error?
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a) When can BMI be used for children?
b) How are growth charts reported? |
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Definition
a) greater than 2 yrs old
b) percentil for age |
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What is used to measure renal function in peds?
What other methods are not good for measuring renal function |
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Definition
Good: Urine output
Bad: CrCl, BUN |
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