You are asked to chart regular paracetamol for a 14-year-old boy on the first day after an open appendicectomy…

Question

You are asked to chart regular paracetamol for a 14-year-old boy on the first day after an open appendicectomy. He weighs 68 kg and is 174 cm tall. He has no liver disease, takes no other medicines, and has had no paracetamol in the past 24 hours. The unit's protocol quotes the paediatric dose as 15 mg/kg orally, four to six hourly, to a maximum of 60 mg/kg in 24 hours. Which one of the following single oral doses should be charted?

Accepted Answer

1000 mg

Answer

500 mg

Answer

680 mg

Answer

1020 mg

Answer

1360 mg

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