Maintaining a patent ductus arteriosus with prostaglandins

The following scenario considers the case of a 2 kg neonate with critical pulmonary stenosis that requires a continuous intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E2 to prevent her duct from closing. The...

Maintaining a patent ductus arteriosus with prostaglandins: answers

What is the concentration of the syringe (in ng/ml) to be used for this child?

Neonatal resuscitation

Baby Yousaf is born at 32 weeks gestation, birth weight of 1200 g and noted acute blood loss at birth. After 1 minute of resuscitation the heart rate is 45 bpm with no spontaneous respiration....

Neonatal resuscitation: answers

What dosage of adrenaline/epinephrine should be administered? .

Safe repeat prescribing systems

The following scenario shows the prescribing cost of three medicines in general practice over a 1-month period. Work out the monthly cost savings after reviewing each prescription..

Safe repeat prescribing systems: answers

Management of obesity

Consider a patient who has approached you for a prescription for orlistat who is keen to lose weight and has the following anthropometrics: male, 44 years old, 185 cm tall, 113 kg. He has no other...

Managing obesity: answers

Does this patient meet the NICE criteria for commencing orlistat (NICE, 2014)? Calculate his BMI using the formula:

Alligation of solutions - creating the unavailable

Alligation of solution – creating the unavailable: answers

Optimising asthma care and greener inhaler prescribing

Overreliance on short-acting bronchodilators (SABA) can indicate poor disease control. Three or more days a week with any need for SABA is a pragmatic threshold for uncontrolled asthma (NICE, 2017)....

Dosing of mesna to avoid urothelial toxicity from cyclophosphamide infusion

Given that they weigh 7 stone 13lb and are 5′4′′ tall, use the Mosteller (1987) formula (Figure 1) for body surface area to calculate the dose determining body surface area in m2. .