Calculations Quiz 1

Basic Conversions and Abbreviations; Fall 2014 Version 1

Name: _____Key________________
1. A prescription comes into your pharmacy for a liquid antibiotic for an 8-month old for and is written
as follows:
Azithromycin suspension 10mg/kg po qd x3 days
What are the directions for the prescription? (Please write in laymans terms what the patient is
supposed to do.) (1 point) Take 10mg/kg by mouth daily for 3 days
How many mLs should the patient be given per day when your pharmacy carries the 100mg/tsp
bottles and the patient weighs 10 kg? (1 point) 5mls/day
10mg/kg *10 kg= 100 mg/day

2. Please identify and correct any unsafe terms, abbreviations or symbols used in the following
prescription.
Rx: Levothyroxine 25.0 mcg PO QOD AMlevothyroxine 25 mcg PO every other day in the
morning
3. Carlas baby weighs 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Please express his weight in grams. (1 point)
7lbs*16oz/1lb = 112 oz + 2 oz = 114 oz total * 28.4grams/1oz= 3237.6 grams
Interpret the following 4 abbreviations. (0.5 points each)
4. biw= _____ - twice weekly
5. ad = ______ - right ear
6. PR = _______ - rectally
7. cid = _______ - five times a day
8. Calculate a patients CrCL given the following parameters:
Male
Wt: 150 lbs (68 kg)
Age: 56 y/o
Scr: 0.8mg/dL
CrCl: (140-56)(68kg)= 99.17 mL/min
0.8*72
9. A patient is being administered a drug that is required to be dosed by calculating their BSA. Given the
following information calculate the patients BSA.

Wt: 167lbs
Ht: 5 10
Sqrt (70*167/3101) = 1.94 m2
10. Perrys weight has been gradually increasing over the last 5 years, and he has decided that he would
like to be on the Biggest Loser next season. He lives in the London and he has submitted his height and
weight metrically. Please convert to pounds, feet and inches.
Ht: 174.3 cm Wt: 104 kg
174.3 cm *1 in/2.54 cm = 68.62 inches = 5 feet and approximately 9 inches
104 kg * 2.2 lbs/ 1 kg = 228.8 lbs

11. A mother was concerned her child, Corrines temperature was elevated. Her rectal temperature was
37oC. What would you predict her oral temperature would have been? Please express your answer in
Fahrenheit.
Oral is 0.5C cooler than rectal
37-0.5=36.5 degrees C expected
36.5 C F
F= 1.8C + 32
98.6F
12. The janitor at your store has taken thyroid replacement for many years. She takes Armour thyroid,
1/2 grain of dessicated thyroid gland daily. How many micrograms of dessicated thyroid gland is this
equivalent to?
1 grain = 65 mg
grain = 32.5 mg
32.5 mg= 32500 mcg
13. 3000 mcg of a drug is dissolved in 1 L of solution. This is ordered to be infused at a rate of 60
mcg/hr. What is the administration rate in mL/hr?
1000mL/3000 mcg * 60 mcg/ 1 hour = 20 mL/hour
14. 101.50F is equal to _____ 0 C.
F= 1.8C + 32

39.6 C
15. A pharmacist receives a prescription requiring 10 mg of a drug. The drug is available in tablet form,
with each tablet containing 250 mcg of the active ingredient. How many tablets will be needed in order
to get 10 mg of drug?
10 mg * 1000 mcg/ 1 mg *1 tablet/250 mcg = 40 tablets
16. How many completely filled tablespoonsful are contained in 2 pints?
2 pints = 946 mL
31 full Tablespoonsful
17. How many mLs are represented by the following: ss 15ml
18. Convert the following 26 mg/dL = __260__________ mcg/mL

19. Interpret the following: (write out what it means in words, no symbols or abbreviations)
Ciprodex
iv gtts ad bid x 7 days Instill 4 drops in the right ear twice daily for 7 days
Disp: 7.5mL
RF x 0
20. 10 ( is not the number 3) = ____________ L 0.05L
21. How many fluid ounces are contained in 900 mLs of a solution?
30 oz
22. If a patient receives 50 mg of testosterone by IM injection once every 2 weeks, how many total
grams does he receive yearly?
1.3 g/ year