Administration Methods, Lab Values and Vital Signs
Fluid Management
Reference Sources
100
An anti-nausea/chemotherapy that causes phocomalia in developing fetus.
What is Thalidomide?
100
True or False: Infants have higher possible absorption of medications through the skin than adults.
What is True?
100
Age at which most children can swallow a tablet or capsule.
What is 6 years old?
100
Maintenance Fluid utilized when a 5 year old patient is unable/not allowed to drink.
What is D5/.45NaCl + 20 mEq KCl per liter?
100
General textbook for pediatric ... The "DiPiro's" of Pediatrics
What is Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics?
200
Term describing pediatric patients due to only 25% of medications having a FDA indication for pediatrics.
What is Therapeutic Orphan?
200
Example of medication which children have limited abilities to metabolize. Hint: This medication utilizes 2 pathways in adults, but only 1 in infants and young children.
What is acetaminophen?
200
Direction of change in respiratory rate as a child ages towards adulthood.
Hint: Answer should be either "starts high and lowers as you age" or "starts low and raises as you age".
What is What is "starts high and lowers as you age"?
200
Maintenance fluid to be utilized when a 4 month old patient can not drink due to illness or impending surgery.
What is D5/.2NaCl + 10 mEq KCl per liter?
200
Reference text specific to neonatal care.
What is Neofax?
300
Age classification for a patient that is 24 days old.
What is Neonate?
300
Characteristic of a medication that may have a higher dose (in mg/kg) for neonates than for adults.
What is hydrophilic?
300
Safety/ability of liposomal amphotercin being administered via an intraosseous infusion.
What is unsafe/unable? Since it is lipid based it will not infuse correctly and would stay in the area near the bone marrow.
300
Hourly rate of infusion for maintenance fluids in a 15kg patient.
What is 52.1 ml/hr?
300
Resource that requires the reader to already have background knowledge on pediatric care.
What is "Current Concepts in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy"?
400
Age classification for a patient born at 29 weeks gestation age.
What is Premature?
400
Calculated dose of ibuprofen for 22 pound child utilizing the following dosing strategy:
Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg every 8 hours as needed for pain or fever
What is 100mg every 8 hours as needed?
400
Laboratory test from 8 day old infant that does not represent the pateint's renal function, but instead indicates mother's renal function.
What is Serum Creatinine?
400
Hourly maintenance fluid rate for a 24 kg patient.
What is 65.8 ml/hr?
400
Best drug reference for pediatrics dosing.
What is the Pediatric Dosing Handbook by Lexicomp?
500
Name 2 aspects of new FDA guidelines for manufacturers?
What is extended patent protection for those completing pediatrics studies AND requirement to provide information on pediatric usage when requested?
500
Caculated dose of etoposide (a chemotherapy agent) for a 7 year old male that weighs 50 pounds and is 4 feet tail.
Utilize this guideline: Etoposide 150 mg per meter square daily for 2-3 days per protocol.
What is 132 mg daily?
500
Saying to help remember why some lab values are altered in the immediate newborn period.
What is "birth is traumatic"?
500
Hourly fluid rate for the following scenario.
18 kg patient with sickle cell anemia. Physician orders fluids at "2 X Maintenance"
What is 116.7 ml/hr?
500
Reference that provides information on IV compatibility of medications utilized at pediatric-based concentrations.