Botulism Antitoxin (BAT) and BabyBIG Dose and Rate (Labels)
Botulism antitoxin dose and infusion rates from the labels.
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Example
- Product
- BAT (botulism antitoxin heptavalent, equine)
- Age
- 8 years
- Weight
- 26 kg
Result: BAT: 50% of the adult dose, the label's table row for 25 to 29 kg. Start at 0.01 mL/kg/min, 0.26 mL/min, for the first 30 minutes; if tolerated increase by 0.01 mL/kg/min every 30 minutes, to a maximum of 0.03 mL/kg/min, 0.78 mL/min.
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What you enter
- Product
- Age (a fraction for an infant: 6 months is 0.5)
- Weight (needed under 17 years, and for BabyBIG)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed: BAT, Tables 1 and 2 (one vial for adults; a percent of the adult dose by weight from 1 to under 17 years; 10% under 1 year; infusion rates), and BabyBIG, sections 2.2 and 2.3 (1.0 mL/kg; 0.5 then 1.0 mL/kg/h). Read the sources: BAT label ↗, BabyBIG label ↗
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