Dosing of oral penicillins in children: is big child=half an adult, small child=half a big child, baby=half a small child

[kanuck57]

Dosing of oral penicillins in children: is big child=half an adult, small child=half a big child, baby=half a small child still the best we can do?
15 December 2011
http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7803

The improving Children’s Antibiotic Prescribing UK Research Network thinks it’s time to abandon this historical rule of thumb.


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[sandyd]

mg per kg heck even used for dogs and cats!!!!!!!! and horses and cattle