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What Causes Fever?
My 5 year old daughter is on her 4th day of Ritalin and clonidine prescribed by her paediatrician for ADHD... Today her resting heart rate is at 140 and she has a fever of 102. We are seeing her Paed tomorrow morning at 11... Just wondering if we are ok to wait it out for the night. I just gave her 2ml of infant Tylenol for her fever. She is 33 lbs.
Fri, 1 Aug 2014
Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
33 lbs is equal to 15 kg.
Tylenol dose is 15 mg/kg body weight.
Tyelenol 5 ml contains 125 mg of paracetamol.
Hence you should give 10 mi/dose instead of 2 ml every 6 hourly
Also tepid sponging along with tylenol will help reducing the temperature faster.
You can see your pediatrician as usual the next day.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
33 lbs is equal to 15 kg.
Tylenol dose is 15 mg/kg body weight.
Tyelenol 5 ml contains 125 mg of paracetamol.
Hence you should give 10 mi/dose instead of 2 ml every 6 hourly
Also tepid sponging along with tylenol will help reducing the temperature faster.
You can see your pediatrician as usual the next day.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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