Emergency bolus drug dosing charts

5 Emergency bolus drug dosing charts


This section contains the main resuscitation aid data that are vital to assist you to optimize paediatric emergency care. The book can be used to prevent the need for drug dose calculations and contains an ‘all-in-one’ reference guide for point-of-care management.


The weight categories in this book have been selected from a pragmatic perspective to ensure that drug dosages are accurate in the group of children most at risk for drug dosing errors (those under 10 kg) and that a logical progression of dosing volumes occurs at the heavier end of the range. The colour zones of the Broselow®–Luten system have been included so that if the Broselow® tape is used to estimate weight then it is easy to find the drug dose calculations of the weight groups falling into that colour zone:



The following information can be found in each section of this chapter:



NOTE: Although most drugs have been presented for every weight category, these drugs might not be registered by their manufacturers for this weight or age-group, or their use may be controversial. You are advised to make your own decision about what drugs are or are not appropriate to use for each patient.






























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Jun 14, 2016 | Posted by in EMERGENCY MEDICINE | Comments Off on Emergency bolus drug dosing charts

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