Prescription Flashcards
(28 cards)
What is the dose of cefuroxime in URTI?
If the child is unable to take it orally the dose for the IV will be 20 mg per KG TDS,
But if the child is able to take oral, the dose for the oral will be 15 mg per kilogram twice daily maximum dose for the oral is 250 per dose and for the IV is 750 per dose the course is taken for five days and has to be reviewed in 48 hours
What is the dose of erythromycin in upper respiratory infections?
The dose is 500 mg BD
What is dose of doxycycline in community aquired, pneumonia or COPD?
The dose is 200 mg in the ones daily section and 100 mg once daily in the antibiotic section
What to do in case of community acquired pneumonia when you have penicillin allergy and macrides allergy
You should prescribe doxycycline because clarythro and erytho and azithro all R one class
What is the dose of allermine
Those varies to age, but for children aged from five months to five years old the dose is 2 1/2 mg can be repeated up to four times a day and for adults as usual that doses 10 mg can be repeated for up to four times
What is the dose of allermine
Those varies to age, but for children aged from five months to five years old the dose is 2 1/2 mg can be repeated up to four times a day and for adults as usual that doses 10 mg can be repeated for up to four times
What is the dose of claryrtho in cases of community acquired pneumonia?
It can be either oral or IV according to the scenario ,500 mg BD for a course of five days, for the duration of Clara mycin statin should be stopped
Antibiotic choice in cases of diabetic food or ulcer
Cotrimoxazole 960 mg BD for seven days + genta 5 to 7 mg per kilogram once daily for one week and/or Metonidazole all 400 mg TDS for one, and the course as usually cotrimoxazole with metro and /or genta
What antibiotic should be used in cases of lower urinary tract infection?
It’s either nitrofurantoin if GFR is 30 or more or normal and the dose is 100 milligram BD for three days for women and seven days for men( dont use if GFR is less than 30)
OR
*Trimethoprim/ for normal EGFR or when below 30 the dose is 200 mg three days for woman and for seven days for men
*If the GFR is 15 to 30 reduce the dose for men to be 200 mg for the first three days and 100 for the rest of the week and if it is less than 15, then you should go with hundred milligrams for both women and men (for three days for women and seven days for men)
What choice of antibiotics for UTI and pregnant woman
Treatment should be immediate started and first line treatment is with nitrofurantoin and the second line option is either cepahalexin in or amoxicillin when you have proof of culture sensitivity
Do we need antibiotics for pancreatitis and cholecystitis?
Pancreatitis by itself doesn’t need any sort of antibiotics, however for cholecystectomy preparation for operation, we are going to need a onces only dose of genta 1.5mg per kg, and ketronidazole 500mg per kg omce only
What is the dose of atenoloo for arrhythmia?
50 mg OD if GFR is 15 and above, and 25 mg if. Less than 15
Dsoe of. Apixaban in AF?
In non valvular AF, apixaban dose is 5 mg BD, unless patients has two of these( creatinine 1.3) ,( age is more than 80 , weight is less than 60, gfr is 15-29, then it is 2.t mg BD)
Dose of apixaban in PE or DVT
10 mg twice daily for seven days then 5 mg twice daily
Dose of rivaroxaban in VTE
15 mg twice daily for 21 days and 20 mg once daily after meal
Do we need VTE prophylaxis in post a woman?
We will not need it only if the patient ‘s para is more than three, has lost more than 1 L of blood and his age is more than 35, and the safest option in breast-feeding woman is enoxaparin , and it’s not breast-feeding and you have the freedom to choose any of deltepatin, enoxaparin or tinzaparin, choose dalte cuz already in chart, and the course should be at least for 10 days
Do you need VTO prophylaxis for fall patients?
If deficient has sustained a fall with or without fracture that may prevent the patient from full mobility will need VTE prophylaxis for a minimum of seven days and to be reviewed for further extension for the prophylaxis and the prophylaxis regimen in patients who have fall is 5000 units of Delta pairing once daily
What is the dose of morphine and cyclizine in hip fracture/other pain management strategies?
The dose of morphine will be 5 mg intravenously for both adults and elderly (more than 65 years of age) every four hours (qqh) , however, the oral dose is 10 mg for adults and 5 mg for elderly every four hours so the maximum dose will be 60 and 30 respectively(and for the IV will be 30 max)
Ps you should also provide cycling with them that dose of which is either IV or oral 15 mg every eight hours and the dose should not exceed 150 mg in a day
Palliation medication
Midazolam, morphine, cylizine, hyosine bromide. In PRN section, and write the indications, stop all the patients oral meds
Dose of cephalexin in pyelonephritis!
500mg BD for 7 days
For pyelonephritis what antibiotic do we choose in children?
If the child is severely unwell or cannot tolerate orally, then we are going to give IV antibiotics and our first lines are eitherceftriaxone or cefuroxime or amikacin or gentamicikin, but if the child can tolerate orally, then our first line will be or coamoxiclav if culture sensitive
Dose of paracetamol in children?
ORAL:
If the child is 2 to 3 years old, it’s 180 mg four times daily
If the child is 6 to 7 years old it is 240-250 mg four times daily
If the child is 12 to 15 years old, the doses is 480 to 750 mg four times daily
IV : 15mg/kg (10-50 kg) if more than 50kg, you can give 1g every 6 hours
What antibiotic should you give as prophylaxis before cholecystectomy?
Genta 1.5mg once iv, metro 500mg once iv combined
Dose of co-amoxiclav in acute pyelonephritis
In children from. 12-17 yrs
You
Can prescribe 250/125 three times a day for 7 to 10 days duration .
