Math and Dosage Calculations for Health Care 3rd Edition by James Whaley, Kathryn Booth, Booth Kathryn

Exercise 69

In Exercises 11, determine if the order is safe. If it is, then determine the amount to administer.
The patient is 72 cm tall and weighs 16 kg. Ordered: Oncaspar 1300 IU IM every 14 days
On hand: Oncaspar 5 mL/vial, 750 IU/mL. The recommended pediatric dosage is 2500 IU/m 2 for children whose BSA is greater than or equal to 0.6 m 2 and 82.5 IU/kg for children whose BSA is less than 0.6 m 2.