A mother asks why her 6-year-old requires the daily dose of digoxin to be twice that of an adult. The nurse explains that children have:
1. greater resistance to medications.
2. variations in development of drug receptors.
3. a slower metabolic rate than adults.
4. more total body water, which dilutes the drug.
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Infants and children require a total daily digoxin dose that is approximately twice that of an adult on a basis of ratio of weight to dose. The result is greater binding strength for the child's myocardial digoxin receptors.
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