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Jon Matthew Farber, MD
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996;150(12):1315.

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In the April 1996 issue of the ARCHIVES, Bauchner et al¹ describe the use of intramuscular ceftriaxone administered once, in a dose of 50 mg/kg, to treat otitis media. Because ceftriaxone comes as 250 mg/5 mL, for an average 1-year-old weighing 10 kg, that comes to a single injection of 2 mL, while a 5-year-old weighing 20 kg would require 4 mL. These strike me as rather large volumes for 1 shot.² Would the authors care to elaborate? . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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