An 85-year-old woman with CFS 7 and advanced heart failure is on a syringe driver with Morphine 10 mg/24h. She has breakthrough breathlessness. What i...

Question

An 85-year-old woman with CFS 7 and advanced heart failure is on a syringe driver with Morphine 10 mg/24h. She has breakthrough breathlessness. What is the correct PRN Morphine dose?

Accepted Answer

1.5-2.5 mg SC (one-sixth of the 24-hour dose)

Answer

10 mg SC

Answer

5 mg SC

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0.1 mg SC

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No PRN available

uk-dgm MCQ (SBA): PRN Opioid Dose Calculation

An 85-year-old woman with CFS 7 and advanced heart failure is on a syringe driver with Morphine 10 mg/24h. She has breakthrough breathlessness. What is the correct PRN Morphine dose?