Pediatric Antibiotic Dosing - Pyelonephritis

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Snippet to calculate doses for oral antibiotics used for treating pyelonephritis in pediatric patients (as per Bugs and drugs):

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Antibiotic: 

Cefixime, Clavulinnameabx








if
abx = "Cefixime"




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Pyelonephritis - Cefixime

Weight: 

nameweight
 kg

Times per day: 

QD, BIDnamedosing


Ref: Bugs and Drugs







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if
dosing = "QD"

n =
1

elseif
dosing="BID"

n =
2





total_daily_dose =
weight * 8




if
total_daily_dose > 400

dose =
400

else

dose =
total_daily_dose







Cefixime 8mg/kg/d PO div q12-24h x 7-10 days (maximum 400mg/day)

Weight: 

=
weight
 kg


Rx: Cefixime 

=
dose / nformat,.0f
 PO 
=
dosing
 x 7-10 days



elseif
abx = "Clavulin"




note


Pyelonephritis - Clavulin

Weight: 

nameweight
 kg

Ref: Bugs and Drugs







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wt_dose =
(weight * 40)




if
wt_dose > 1750

dose =
1750

else

dose =
wt_dose







Amoxicillin-clavulanate 40mg/kg/d PO div TID x 7-10 days (maximum 1,750 mg/day)

Weight: 

=
weight
 kg


Rx: Amoxicillin-clavulanate 

=
dose / 3format,.0f
 mg PO div TID x 7-10 days





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Antibiotic:

Pyelonephritis - Cefixime

Weight: kg

Times per day:

Ref: Bugs and Drugs

Cefixime 8mg/kg/d PO div q12-24h x 7-10 days (maximum 400mg/day)

Weight: kg

Rx: Cefixime Unknown name "n" PO QD x 7-10 days

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