Drug Calculations

A 35 week gestation baby who weighs 2.5kg is born in your unit. You check their blood sugar which is 1.1mmol/l. You have to give a 10% glucose bolus. How many mls do you give? (Round to 1 decimal place)

You then have to start 10% Glucose maintenance fluids at 75 ml/kg/day for the same baby (35 weeks, 2.5kg). What is the hourly rate? (Round to one decimal place).

A baby who weighs 3kg is born in your unit and requires IM Cefotaxime. How much would you give in mls?

A 32 week gestation baby is born in your unit. You have to give IM Vitamin K. How much do you give in ml?

You weigh the same baby (32 weeks) and they weigh 1.7kg. You insert a UVC to start maintenance fluids at 75 ml/kg/day. What is the hourly rate? (Round to one decimal place)

The same baby (32 weeks, 1.7kg) is at risk of sepsis. The transport team have requested you give IV antibiotics. Firstly, you are giving 90mg Benzylpenicillin. How much would you give in ml? (Round to one decimal place).

You also have to give 9mg of IV Gentamicin. How much would you give in ml? (Round to one decimal place)

A term baby is delivered in your unit in unexpectedly poor condition (4.2kg). Pale, floppy, not breathing, heart rate less than 60bpm. You begin your resuscitation, when help arrives, a UVC is inserted and you have to give your first dose of adrenaline. How much do you give in mls? (Round to 2 decimal places)

You have requested a transfer of a 34 week baby (weight 2.3kg). While waiting for the transport team to arrive, you are asked to give a fluid (0.9% NaCl) bolus. How much do you give in mls?